Typhoon Lekima (Weather)

by dulan drift ⌂, Monday, August 12, 2019, 19:26 (1713 days ago) @ dulan drift

Update says 44 killed. If my reading of it is correct, a "natural dam collapsed" with the resulting landslide blocking off a river - which then banked up until it too collapsed - resulting in a surge of water that swamped a downstream village

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/10/typhoon-lekima-landslide-wenzhou-eastern-...


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