Henan Province 【小题1】 (strike) by terrible rainstorms in July, 2021. Heavy rainfall raised the emergency 【小题2】 (respond) for meteorological disasters to level I,   【小题3】 (high) level in a four —tier system, in Zhengzhou. The National Meteorological Center said hourly precipitation (降水量) in Zhengzhou reached 201.9 millimeters once in an hour.

Nearly 11.45 million residents in 139 counties across the province were affected due 【小题4】 the record —breaking heavy rainfall 【小题5】 started on July 16, said Li Changxun, deputy head of the province’s Department of Emergency Management on 26th, July. Hundreds of thousands of houses collapsed, and more than 1.31 million residents were relocated to safe places.【小题6】 total of 63 people had been killed with five people 【小题7】 (miss), reported by 26th, July, Li said, 【小题8】(add) that repair crews were hurrying to fix bridges, electrical substations and gas pipelines to help return people’s lives to normal.

Though flooding during the summer months is an annual occurrence in parts of China, recent rains have alarmed scientists and officials, raising questions as to whether we should be prepared 【小题9】 (deal) with more extreme and unpredictable weather 【小题10】 (cause) by climate change.

Earlier 2019,the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development published【小题1】most comprehensive analysis up to now of how climate change will affect the glaciers of the world,【小题2】(warn) that about 18,00 glaciers(冰川) will disappear by 2100.

This is a bad【小题3】(predict) for some 1.9 billion South Asians,【小题4】 use water from the glaciers not only for drinking but also for agriculture, hydroelectric power,and tourism. But the survey also looked at an immediate question: As the glaciers 【小题5】(rapid) melt, where will all the water—more than a quadrillion gallons of it, almost the amount【小题6】(contain) in Lake Huron—go?

The answer is that the Himalaya, for example, long defined by【小题7】(it) glaciers,is becoming a mountain range defined by lake. In fact, another study found that from 1990 to 2010, more than 900 new glaciers-fed lakes 【小题8】(form) across Asia's high mountain ranges.Because of those remote locations scientists must rely【小题9】satellites to count them ,and new lakes appear to be growing so quickly that it's difficult for scientific teams to agree on the precise number. I's all happening much【小题10】( fast) than we expected it to even five or ten years ago.

BEIJING — A strong earthquake hit a remote part of western China overnight killing at least 118 people and injuring more than 200, the state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday.

The tremblor hit Jishishan County, in the southwestern part of Gansu province near the border with Qinghai province — 【小题1】mountainous region populated, in part, by members of the Tibetan, Hui, Dongxiang and Salar ethnic groups.

Xinhua said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2. 【小题2】the dead, 100 were in Gansu and another 11 in Qinghai. The quake damaged water, electricity, transport, communications and other infrastructure (基础设施) in the area, it said. Chinese leader Xi Jinping quickly called for all-out efforts in search and rescue and【小题3】 (treat) the injured. He also urged the hasty deployment of relief materials and infrastructure【小题4】(repair) , because the area is at high altitude and the winter weather is cold.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 5.9, 【小题5】 reported several aftershocks. Rescue teams told Chinese media that frozen roads made driving into the towns and villages in Jishishan county, the area most【小题6】(affect) difficult. It’s a area inhabited by numerous ethnic minority groups, including Tibetans and Salars. Rescuers are now working in average temperatures of about 14 degrees Fahrenheit, well below【小题7】 (freeze).

About 10 hours later, 【小题8】 (far) west, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake in the Xinjiang region 【小题9】(strike) near China’s border with Kygyzstan. The earthquake happened in a remote area. So far, no casualties or building damage【小题10】(report).