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Today, July 20, the heaviest rain in history hit the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, Henan province. In just an hour, 200 mm of precipitation fell.
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Now I wish I'd paid better attention in physics class. If we assume an entire subway station is flooded, surely the water would short-circuit the power rail and the car could be safely exited?
 
muck said:
Now I wish I'd paid better attention in physics class. If we assume an entire subway station is flooded, surely the water would short-circuit the power rail and the car could be safely exited?
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Actually the Zhengzhou metro uses overhead wires and pantographs instead of power rails. The latter would in fact have been short-circuited by the water causing the power supply to shut down. But then there wouldn't have been any lights left in the train.

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What a strange year, weather-wise.
 
muck said:
Holy hell, that amount of rainfall is scary.
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With our latest storms here on the west coast some of the rain guages recorded over 700mm in 48hrs, the scary part being thats not even record levels. I do find it quite interesting here how the topography and direction the rain comes from makes such a huge difference in the effects of big rainfall totals. 700mm on the eastern side of the mountains would be devastating.
 
Now there's catastrophic flooding in India. The state of Maharashtra took the brunt of the deluge, with 136 people feared dead at this point. (Source)
 
In the Philippines, heavy rains this past week causing floods, and Earthquake near the capital at mag. 6.5 and a volcano erupted. Typical day I guess. :D.

Just saw the people asking about the cell sites, this is why on the less equipped areas of the Philippines with over 90% coverage from cell sites most houses still have VHF radios. Those work without infrastructure, also most decent houses here have a set or two of generators, when you get by calamities every year, its just part of the daily things to have.
 
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While continental Europe is flooding, large-scale forest fires in Sardinia.
 
With survival of those still missing deemed unlikely, the death toll of the floods in Germany is expected to be corrected to 333 today. The total number of Europeans killed by Cyclone 'Bernd' would raise to 366, along with thousands of pets and livestock.
morris said:
Brazil gamers wet too.
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Brazil's Amazonian rivers swell to 100-year highs causing large-scale flooding

They've seen floods before in Manaus, but nothing quite this big. As the records tumble, experts warn the worst will be still to come.
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Great idea, sitting in that water with all the electric equipment surrounding them.
 
thats not Brazil, but the Philippines. those kids like many are addicted to computer games, so much so that you see that video right there.
 
A major explosion occurred in a chemical factory in Leverkusen, Germany.

A huge column of smoke is seen in the city and the residents are asked to stay indoors with closed windows.

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