English book · The Alarm of Doomsday

Devastating Floods Linked to Climate Change

English book, p. 61

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

GLOBAL WARMING: DIVINE WARNING OF DOOMSDAY Devastation occurred in China in Zhengzhou, the capital of the Henan province, on Tuesday, 20 July, 2021, due to flooding. In just one hour, a record 7.95 inches of rain fell between 4 and 5 pm, submerging cars, sweeping residents away and filling subway cars packed with commuters with gushing water that reached their necks.” According to The Indian Express, China’s central Henan province witnessed its heaviest rainfall in 1000 years. Officials have stated that Zhengzhou recorded 617.1 mm rainfall from Saturday to Tuesday, nearly the same as the annual average rainfall in the city (640.8 mm). The widespread flooding in China is in part linked to climate change, said Xuebin Zhang, a senior research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, noting, “We do not usually see that kind of a flood.” He added, “Without climate change, you would not see as much precipitation as you see today. Simply because the air is now hotter and it can hold more moisture, as such it will give you more rain in intense storms than before.” In India, the heaviest monsoon rains took place in July 2021 in the Mumbai region in decades. A weather station in Mahabaleshwar, recorded 23 inches of rainfall, causing landslides and leaving entire

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