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Tons of earth, rock, and broken trees
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rush downward with unstoppable speed. A
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deafening roar fills the valley as the
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mountainside gives way. Entire homes
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vanish in seconds. Roads disappear as
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though swallowed by the mountain itself.
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What was once a quiet village, children
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playing, farmers returning from their
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fields, elders sitting outside their
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homes, is buried beneath a moving wall
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of mud and stone.
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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The destruction is merciless. Heavy logs
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and jagged rocks crash together,
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grinding everything in their path to
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dust. Families who moments earlier were
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safe inside their houses find themselves
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surrounded by chaos. The land that once
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sheltered them becomes their greatest
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threat. The ground trembles as the slide
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moves forward, swallowing orchards, rice
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fields, and decades of hard work in a
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matter of minutes. The very mountain
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that once provided life now brings only
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ruin.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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But the danger does not end there.
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Above, the rain continues to pour.
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Relentless, heavy, unforgiving. The
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soaked earth keeps sliding. Water rushes
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down the slopes, feeding the disaster,
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turning the landslide into something
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even deadlier. Flash flooding. The
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mountain streams swell to Monra's size,
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their banks breaking, their waters
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surging with violent force.
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Within minutes, rivers overflow and
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streams transform into raging torrents,
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carrying boulders, trees, and even
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rooftops downstream. The current tears
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apart everything it touches. Cars are
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tossed aside like toys. Whole bridges
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collapse, their concrete foundations
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ripped away. Even rescue attempts are
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halted as boats and equipment are no
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match for the raging flood
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[Music]
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for the villagers.
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There is no time to escape. The sound of
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rushing water drowns out cries for help.
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Streets turn into rivers, farmland into
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lakes. Families cling to trees,
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rooftops, even floating debris, holding
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each other, praying the flood will not
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sweep them away. Mothers scream for
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missing children. The elderly struggle
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to keep standing in the kneedeep
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current. Each second feels endless.
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Every moment another fight to survive.
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[Music]
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Hours later, when the rain begins to
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slow, the true scale of destruction
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comes into view. The landscape is no
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longer recognizable. Where homes once
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stood, there is only brown water and
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shattered timber. Entire herds of
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animals are lost, drowned or buried
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beneath layers of thick mud.
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The fields that once promised food for
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the season lie ruined, covered in rocks
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and silt. Power lines have snapped,
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plunging survivors into darkness. The
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silence that follows is heavy and
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haunting, broken only by the continuous
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roar of floodwaters still carving new
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violent paths through the land.
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Here's a double.
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
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Experts warned that these disasters are
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rarely isolated. Landslides and flash
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floods are bound together in a chain
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reaction of destruction. Weeks of rain
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weaken the mountain slopes until they
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can no longer hold. When the land breaks
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free, it crashes downward, blocking
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rivers and creating temporary dams. At
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first, the trapped water builds quietly,
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hidden from those below. But when those
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fragile dams collapse under pressure, a
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wall of water explodes into the valleys,
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wiping away everything in its path.
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Landslides trigger floods. Floods
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trigger more landslides. A cycle of
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devastation begins that no human barrier
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can resist.
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[Applause]
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The scars left behind remain for
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decades. Families wander the ruins of
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their villages, searching for anything
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to salvage. Photographs, tools, small
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fragments of their former lives.
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Survivors live in makeshift shelters,
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haunted by the memory of that day,
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waiting for help that may arrive too
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late. Crops are gone, food is scarce,
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and entire communities face hunger.
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Children stare at the brown wasteland
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where their schools once stood. Roads
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that once connected villages are gone,
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leaving them cut off from the outside
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world.
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This is the terrifying truth of
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landslides and flash floods. They strike
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without warning. They come with a force
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that no wall, no road, no village plan
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can withstand. They are nature's brutal
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reminder that the ground beneath us and
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the rivers we depend on can turn against
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us in an instant,
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leaving behind scars that last for
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generations.
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The land gives life, but it can also
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take it away in the blink of an
VIDEO 2
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Heat up
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here.
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Heat. Heat.
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Shenshi, China. Relentless days of heavy
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rainfall have triggered devastating
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floods throughout the province, sending
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surging torrents of muddy water,
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crashing through towns, cities, and
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farmland. Streets became fast flowing
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rivers. Hillsides collapsed, and normal
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life came to an abrupt standill across
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vast portions of the region.
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In downtown Yanan, the first waves
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swallowed entire districts. Waste deep
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water carved paths through residential
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zones, sweeping across storefronts,
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gardens, and courtyards. Residents tried
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to scoop water out with buckets while
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improvised rafts and small boats turned
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into the only means of reaching higher
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ground. Families huddled on rooftops,
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waiting anxiously for rescue teams to
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arrive.
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In Wookie County, emergency responders
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worked without pause to clear wreckage
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and redirect the flood waters away from
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hospitals, schools, and administrative
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buildings. Sandbags were stacked high to
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shield entrances. In the county square,
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the flag pole stood in the middle of a
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growing pool. The national flags soaked
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through, weighed down and dragging low
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in the damp wind.
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Transportation has been crippled across
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the province. Bridges cracked under the
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strain or collapsed completely. Rural
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roads disappeared beneath waves of brown
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water. In Gaxian County, a major stretch
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of highway gave way. Chunks of concrete
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collapsing and tumbling into the valley
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below. In many places, relief convoys
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loaded with supplies were forced to stop
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or retreat after being unable to pass
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submerged roads. Electricity and water
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supplies have been cut off in dozens of
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towns. Power lines sagged precariously
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before going dark altogether.
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Many households lost access to running
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water, depending instead on emergency
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rations. Repair crews worked tirelessly,
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but unstable ground conditions turned
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every repair effort into a slow,
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high-risk operation.
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In Baghi and Chenyang, underground
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shopping centers and subway systems were
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among the first areas to go under.
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Escalators froze mid-motion as water
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poured into stairwells. Shoppers rushed
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toward exits while lights flickered and
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failed. Parking garages filled entirely,
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burying dozens of cars and trucks
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beneath murky flood waters.
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Agriculture has suffered enormous
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losses. Farmlands once patterned with
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green rows of crops now lie hidden
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beneath layers of mud and stagnant
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water. Corn and wheat fields have been
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crushed under the weight of the floods.
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Farmers dug makeshift trenches to drain
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what they could, but much of the harvest
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for the year already appears lost.
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ated quickly. Cattle, goats, and poultry
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splashed through kneeh high waters as
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barns filled to the roof. Irrigation
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systems were destroyed in many
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districts, sparking fears about
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long-term damage to food production
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across the province. Relief teams have
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been dispatched in large numbers.
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Bulldozers cleared obstructed roads
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while soldiers delivered bottled water
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to stranded households.
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Oh,
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schools, mosques, and community centers
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were transformed into emergency mergency
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shelters. Volunteers distributed dry
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clothes, flashlights, and hot meals to
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families who had lost everything. Local
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authorities continue issuing urgent
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warnings. Loudspeakers broadcast flood
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alerts around the clock. Officials
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stress that the soil remains soaked and
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unstable.
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Heat.
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Heat.
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[Music]
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leaving many regions vulnerable to
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further landslides.
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Several rivers are still running
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dangerously high. Remote mountain
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villages remain completely isolated,
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their trails blocked by landslides
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reachable only by helicopter. Some
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residents refuse evacuation, choosing
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instead to guard their homes and
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livestock.
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Aid organizations caution that stagnant
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water could soon bring outbreaks of
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disease. For Shani, the flooding has
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become far more than a natural
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catastrophe. It stands as a trial of
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endurance, cooperation, and
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determination to rebuild.
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