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Morning paper news THE MOST UNHAPPY CITY New cataclysm in Wuhan, endangered millions, over a hundred dead: 'We haven't seen this in years' The city, which was the epicenter of the coronavirus infection, was again plagued by disasters, and people are once again angry at the government, which is downplaying the problem. Author: Damjan RaknićPosted: July 07, 2020 11:44 am An officer monitors the flooded areaGallery An officer monitors the flooded area STR / AFP Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail RELATED NEWS gojko covid DISSENTING OPINION How much Covid-19 has changed our future: Expecting a new shock will become a permanent problem 6 MONTHS OF A PANDEMIC What we have learned, what we do not know yet and what awaits us: Leading Croatian scientists answer Residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan have once again been sentenced to stay in their homes, but this time they are the reason for the prolonged heavy rain that the city authorities forced to declare the second highest level of preparedness, writes The Guardian . State media have been accused of downplaying the severity of the floods caused by the downpours and highlighting the efforts of emergency services staff. In the media, photos of soldiers rescuing citizens whose flood waters have often reached the waist level have come to the fore. 个 月 个 6 月 22 贵州 贵州 铜仁 的 洪水 “瀑布” ， 正面 观看 的视频。pic.twitter.com/x1UWyYOmn5 - 天地 迎春 (@ tiandichun1) June 23, 2020 Chinese media write that a record 426 millimeters of rain fell in Wuhan between Sunday and Monday morning. City officials on Monday declared the second highest level of preparedness (the scale has four levels), and the weather in the region is projected to worsen in the coming days. The country is preparing for more floods after rain fell in some regions like it hasn’t for decades. These rains led to mudslides and floods that directly affected more than 20 million people and caused at least HRK 39 billion in material damage. image Wuhan Tpg / Zuma Press / Profimedia image Wuhan Tpg / Zuma Press / Profimedia China's State Hydrometeorological Bureau has issued a 31-day rain warning. “Such a thing has rarely been seen in recent years,” state media wrote on the social network Weibo. The Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management claims that at least 121 people died or disappeared as a result of the rains and floods and that more than 875,000 people had to find alternative accommodation. image A woman on the flooded streets by the Yangtze River STR / AFP image Submerged pavilion STR / AFP Internet users, however, are wondering why so little is said about showers in the media. “Why don’t our official media say anything about the severe floods in the south of the country,” one user wrote on Weib. "The flood theme is like a tattoo - it's covered." Mingbai Zhishi, an independent social media profile or "self-media", wrote: "The floods raging in the south will not subside, but unlike before, the media does not run to write about them. It is very quiet." image An officer monitors the flooded area STR / AFP Several parts of Hubei Province, of which Wuhan is the capital, have already been flooded. The downpours in Jingmen led to flooding of shops and supermarkets. Helen Hai , a 25-year-old resident of Changyang County located east of Wuhan, described what it was like for her to drive a car on mountain roads and pass by rocky and muddy landslides. The wipers on the windows didn’t help at all. “It was like I was blind, like I was driving underwater,” Hai said. "It's raining from morning to night. It was very scary and I feel very weird." The floods in the Chinese city of Tongren in Guizhou province in the city center created a waterfall, and more than 100,000 residents of Chongqing in Sichuan province were evacuated. Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the nation for the first time on June 29, after weeks of heavy rains and heavy flooding. Xi then said that in the fight against floods, the lives of people must be taken into account first and foremost. image High school students are coming to the state prom in Wuhan STR / AFP image High school students are coming to the state prom in Wuhan STR / AFP image High school students are coming to the state prom in Wuhan Shi Zhi / Newscom / Profimedia Experts say that they are actively working on reducing the danger of dams on rivers in the south and southwest of China, the regions most affected by the floods. "It's their tradition. They never say how the disaster happened and why," said Chinese hydrologist Wang Weiluo and a frequent critic of the Three Gorges hydroelectric plant on the Yangtze River. "Most people think the floods are due to bad weather, but most are caused by reservoir spills." Wang argues that the real losses are likely to be higher than those reported in official reports, and recalls how China managed the coronavirus epidemic.