Just when we thought it was only in Nigeria it was happening, a video emerged from China showing a five-storey block of flats collapse into a flooded river.In the video, which was filmed in Chamdo Prefecture on July 8, the fast-flowing water appears to wash away the building’s foundations and it topples over into the river.Luckily the residents were evacuated in advance and there were no casualties. Watch the video below
China Central Television says the region’s heavy rains have washed away more than 57km of roads, damaged 24 bridges and cut power lines. Authorities said yesterday that floods and landslides have also killed scores of people in China’s central Hunan province as two weeks of torrential rains forced 1.6 million to flee. About 53,000 homes have collapsed while nearly 350,000 others were seriously or partially damaged after 11 straight days of rain, according to Tang Biyu, deputy director of Hunan’s civil affairs department.