1. TYPHOON VINCENTE CAUSES RECORD FLOODING IN BEIJING, CHINA AREA JULY 24-25, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. VICENTE’S PATH ENROUTE TO GUONGDONG, CHINA

3. VICENTE

4. VICENTE: A CAT 4 STORM WITH A REGIONAL IMPACT After landfall on July 24th in Guangdong, China, Vicente became a big rainmaker, causing regional flooding in diverse places like Beijing (the capitol) and Hong Kong.

5. Vicente’s flooding was devastating in spite of flood control measures added since the 1940’s: dams, 280 000 km of embankments, 86 000 reservoirs, and 97 flood retention areas

6. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS Worst deluge in 61 years One day of rainfall in the Beijing area (18 inches) was equal to 6 months of normal rainfall 100 dead; 38 in Beijing area

7. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS $1.6 billion in urban damage 57,000 forced from homes Over 12,000 hectares of agricultural food crops impacted,

8. FLOODING IN THE BEIJING AREA The YONGDING RIVER is the largest river flowing through Beijing

9. YONGDING RIVER

10. VINCENTE CAUSES FLOODING IN BEIJING

11. BEIJING-HONG KONG- MACAO EXPRESSWAY 80 CARS WERE SUBMERGED

12. BEIJING-HONG KONG-MACAO EXPRSSWAY; JULY 24, 2012

13. BEIJING-HONG KONG-MACAO EXPRSSWAY; CLEANING UP

14. BEIJING-HONG KONG-MACAO EXPRSSWAY: CLEANING UP

15. SOLDIERS WITH SANDBAGS: FANGSHAN DISTRICT

16. FANGSHAN DISTRICT OF BEIJING

19. YANGTZE RIVER: CHONGQING (1,500 KM FROM BEIJING)

20. FLOODING: CHONGQING,

21. RESCUE OPERATIONS: CHONGQING,

22. THREE GORGES DAM SUSCEPTIBLE TO RUNOFF IN THE YANGTZE RIVER BASIN

23. VICENTE’S RAINFALL THHREATENS THREES GORGES DAM Rainfall from Vicente also caused record discharge in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River that ultimately threatened the Three Gorges Dam.

24. WATER BEING RELEASED FROM THREE GORGES DAM

25. CRITICISM

26. THE FLOODING DREW SHARP PUBLIC CRITICISM (FOR CHINA)  Beijing has seen tens of billions of dollars poured into its modernization, including iconic venues for the 2008 Olympics, the world’s second-largest airport, new subway lines and dazzling skyscrapers, but ---

27. THE FLOODING DREW SHARP PUBLIC CRITICISM (continued)  ASSERTION: The city has ignored urban planning, neglected maintenance, and failed to implement critical infra- structure such as drainage systems to mitigate flood risk

28. JULY 25: MORE RAIN EXPECTED