Floodwaters were diverted from Beijing, but the water had to go somewhere - So Zhuozhou took the brunt.
As the flooding emergency in western Beijing turned deadlier at the beginning of this week, taking out bridges, washing away dozens of cars at a time, and wreaking havoc on the city, the decision was made to divert the raging waters.
Columns of heavy diggers were also driving into the safe part of town, but they weren't being used to move rock and soil. They were there to rescue people, who carrying only a few belongings, clung to the powerful trucks. Even the shovels at the front were packed with dazed residents.Some residents say they have lost everything after the floodwater submerged their homes
Some people said they'd lost almost everything when they left their submerged homes. And yet they were relieved and extremely grateful that China's firefighters had reached them. It hasn't been an easy task. Several rescue workers died in Beijing trying to help others. Using connected dams, reservoirs and waterways, the flood was pushed away from the capital and into parts of Hebei where fewer people live.Zhuozhou residents complained on social media that they were not given enough notice to escape when the decision was made to put them directly in harm's way.
"China's flood control network has a pecking order of protection giving priority to big important cities like Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, with the lowest order of importance being rural areas. Under China's system, at the bottom are the ordinary people in the city and those in the countryside whose interests are not respected," he said.Mr Wang suggested that, below the Yongding River, there are a series of golf courses where the flood waters could have been released.
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