i reporter, mairead smyth.s claimed more than 80 lives — and also caused vast economic damage. what has also shocked many there, is that the floods struck parts of the country that aren't normally subject to these types of natural disasters. chinese scientists are blaming climate change, warning that extreme weather events are hitting the country more frequently, and with greater devastation than ever before. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell visited luoxingdun island, in the country's flood plain in the south and also, to the town of zhuozhou in the north, which is normally flood—free. here is his special report. china's recent floods hit hard in parts of the country not accustomed to them. and its meteorological administration says both extreme temperatures and precipitation have definitely increased in recent decades. it's one thing to talk about climate change in the abstract, quite another to consider real human impacts. this whole town is having to rebuild after the recent floods and all these busi

our reporter mairead smyth is at the scene ( sot tx) of the incident.d under floodwater after heavy rain fell in this area of liverpool. this is a road that does become flooded in times of heavy rain, but police are trying to work outjust what happened and how the man and woman became trapped in their car. passers—by attempted to help the fire and rescue service, and police, to free the man and woman. emergency services then took them to hospital where they were pronounced dead. next of kin have been informed. police are appealing for anyone with footage from phones, dash cams, or door bells, that may help paint a picture of what happened here on saturday night. an indigenous canadian totem pole, which is more than 11 metres tall, is to be returned to canada, nearly a century after it was removed without consent and sold to the national museums of scotland. a ceremony is taking place in edinburgh today to prepare it for the 4,200 mile journey to its original home. it is the first item of its type to be handed back by a uk museum. iam i am really pleased

our reporter mairead smyth is at the scene of the incident this morning. good morning.n saturday night. i live very close by and the rain was so heavy on saturday night, but it caused severe flooding here. this is an area that gathers rainwater in times of heavy rain, but there are reports that perhaps a pipe may have burst in this area as well to cause such a high volume of water. just under the bridge behind me. this is where the car became trapped, passers—by tried to help the man and woman inside the car so it was very traumatic for people who live locally to be witness of that incident. the couple were taken to hospital where they sadly died. police are investigating what happened here, local councils have raised this issue before, impacting this area of queens drive. the area will be closed until investigations find out what led to such a high volume of water and how the high —— how the couple became trapped here on saturday night. police forces in england and wales have committed to pursuing all "reasonable lines of inquiry" in an effort to solve more crimes. min

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