FLASH FLOOD CRISIS: 296mm Rain Blasts Chongqing University Campus, Ground Floors Fully Submerged!

By Times Now World

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Chinese authorities have activated a Level-I flood control emergency response—the highest possible designation—after catastrophic torrential rainfall triggered severe flash floods across 22 rivers in Chongqing, leaving at least three people dead and 19 others missing. The unprecedented weather event saw Yongchuan District record a staggering 296.6 mm of rainfall in a brief two-hour window, completely inundating residential neighborhoods, knocking out local transport infrastructure, and leaving parts of a local university campus entirely submerged under floodwaters. Eyewitness accounts from students inside the impacted university detailed widespread water, power, and mobile network outages, with ground floors of campus buildings completely swallowed by the rising current. In response to the widening humanitarian crisis, Beijing has deployed a national disaster work team and released 20 million yuan ($2.94 million USD) in emergency funding to accelerate search, rescue, and mud-clearance

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