Photos: Heavy Floods Hit China, 43 Dead

Heavy floods sweep through Beichuan County in southwest China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday, July 9.

Death toll reaches 43 after heavy floods hit Dujiangya, Southwest China.

The floods caused landslides including a landslide as big as a small town  that rushed down a mountain earlier in the week.

At least 118 people are still missing.

The disaster destroyed 5,100 houses, damaged another 90,000, smashing bridges and knocking out power to thousands of people.

More than 1.5 million people are affected by the flood.

It is said that this is the worst flood since 1998.

Forecast says that there will be more storms coming soon.

Here are some photos.

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A rescuer helps a woman escape the floodwaters of the Tuo on July 11.

The Tuo River floods Jintang county on Thursday, July 11

Rescuers use boats to relocate victims as the Tuo River floods Jintang county on July 11. The area is roughly 1,100 miles southwest of Beijing, the capital of China.

Residents travel on an excavator through flooded streets in Chengdu, the capital of Sichaun province, on July 9.

A road in Wenchuan county was destroyed by rain-triggered mudslides on July 10.

Rescuers search for victims as deep floodwaters sweep through Beichuan on July 9.

Rescuers search for victims as deep floodwaters sweep through Beichuan on July 9.

A rescuer pulls a ship in a flooded area of Suining city on Monday, July 1.

Rescuers work at the site of a massive landslide in Dujiangyan in southwest China’s Sichuan province on Friday, July 12. The landslide killed at least 43 people and left 118 missing. The flooding that triggered the landslide has affected 1.5 million people and inundated tens of thousands of acres of crops.

World’s Largest Building Opens In China

Rather than Opera Houses, inside are offices, hotels, theaters, high-end shopping malls, a water park and the essential faux Mediterranean village

New Century Global Center, which opened on June 28, 2013 is the ‘largest free standing building in the world’.

Located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China, the New Century Global Center is 500 meters long, 400 meters wide and 100 meters high.

But remember, New Century Global Center is the largest building and not the tallest as the tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

The New Century Global Center is located in an entirely new planned area of Chengdu called Tainfu New District.

There are offices, hotels, theaters, shopping malls, a faux Mediterranean village and family-themed attractions such as a water park called Paradise Island in the huge building.

The 1.7 million square meter mega structure is capable of housing twenty Sydney Opera Houses and almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Here are the photos …

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Workers carry out a few last minute touches at the New Century Global Center’s waterpark.

That’s a lot of work for two people

To put this in perspective, Chengdu’s New Century Global Center is big enough to house 20 Sydney Opera Houses.

Chengdu is also currently expanding its subway line and plans to construct a new airport by 2020, further suggesting official ambitions to make the city an economic and cultural capital of western China.

With 1.7 million square meters of floor space, the building is three times bigger than the Pentagon. It has more palm trees than the Pentagon too.

Welcome to paradise. Paradise Island, that is.