{"id":962,"date":"2024-10-30T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/?p=962"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:23:09","slug":"reuters%ef%bc%9achinas-hawaii-under-water-as-tropical-storm-dumps-record-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/reuters%ef%bc%9achinas-hawaii-under-water-as-tropical-storm-dumps-record-rainfall.html","title":{"rendered":"Reuters\uff1aChina’s ‘Hawaii’ under water as tropical storm dumps record rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"
For a third day, extreme rainfall pounded the southern Chinese province of Hainan, known as China’s “Hawaii”, amid the transit of yet another tropical cyclone, leaving the island half-submerged in a year of record-breaking wet weather.<\/div>\n
Cities in Hainan including Sanya, famed for its palm trees, seafront hotels and sandy beaches, remained waterlogged on Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Trami to the south. On Monday, Sanya logged 294.9mm (11.6 inches) of rainfall over a 24-hour window, the most for any day in October since 2000.<\/div>\n
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Trami made landfall in\u00a0central Vietnam<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday after a slow trek across the South China Sea from the Philippines, where it left at least 125 people dead and 28 missing. While Hainan did not take a direct hit from Trami, Chinese authorities took no chances, recalling all fishing vessels and evacuating over 50,000 people.<\/div>\n
China’s entire eastern coastline has been tested by extreme weather events this year – from the violent passage of\u00a0Super Typhoon Yagi<\/a>\u00a0across Hainan in September to the strongest tropical cyclone to strike\u00a0Shanghai<\/a>\u00a0since 1949. Scientists warn more intense weather is in the offing, spurred by climate change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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