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Aerial view of a riverbed in the aftermath of flooding in the Mentougou district of west Beijing, after floods in the Chinese capital this past week.
The scale of the destruction, mostly in rural mountainous villages, was in places, catastrophic.
Typhoon Doksuri brought havoc to large swathes of China this past week, as consecutive days of heavy rains brought widespread floods.
According to Reuters, "dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China's ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and water security while floods ruin crops and threaten urban populations....Officials have warned repeatedly that China is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its large population and unevenly distributed water supplies."
Panoramic image by Sean Gallagher @sean_gallagher_photo documenting the aftermath of the floods in Beijing, China.
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