Bus full of sand at high tide

- China is striking measures to cope with the ever rising water in Hebei Province. To prevent a dike breach, dumped the authorities two buses loaded with sandbags in the water.

A dike was at the megacity Xingtai to break and therefore drastic measures had to be taken. With the launching of the buses to the strong current was interrupted. Then loose sand bags were thrown into the water to strengthen the dike.

The persistent rain caused major problems in China. There are already dozens of people killed and more than 16 million people had to flee their homes. Dozens of people are still missing.
  
    
     
      
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Hebei Province was badly hit by at least 72 dead. It is expected that the death toll still rising. The economic damage is considerable. Proceeds of thousands of hectares of crops is at stake.

A dike was at the megacity Xingtai to break and therefore drastic measures had to be taken. With the launching of the buses to the strong current was interrupted. Then loose sand bags were thrown into the water to strengthen the dike.

The persistent rain caused major problems in China. There are already dozens of people killed and more than 16 million people had to flee their homes. Dozens of people are still missing.
  
    
     
      
        0:31
      
     Boys scold shooter from
     
     
      
        0:41
      
     Violent scenes at shopping center
     
     
      
        1:14
      
     Douwe Bob: 'I'm tight with the XTC '
     
    
   
  
  
   
    
    
   
   
    
    
   
   
    
     
     
    
   
 

Hebei Province was badly hit by at least 72 dead. It is expected that the death toll still rising. The economic damage is considerable. Proceeds of thousands of hectares of crops is at stake.

Rescuers used scrapped bus to fix the dike collapsed after torrential rains Fri. in Xingtai, C #China's Hebei. pic.twitter.com/8BM9Np2yIw— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) July 23, 2016