China floods: People unite on social media to help flood victims

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At least 33 people have died there after a year's worth of rain fell in three days in Zhengzhou city.

Zhengzhou city was devastated by floods after it saw a year's worth of rainfall in three days

Users of the Weibo social media platform connected people who were stuck or in danger with professional rescue teams and other helpers. The Chinese government employs millions of people to monitor and censor internet activity. Past disasters such as the sinking of a ship on the Yangtze River in 2015 saw some social media posts removed in order to maintain stability and prevent anti-government sentiment.. In response, thousands of people on social media directed their Weibo posts to emergency rescue teams so that they knew where to go.

Some put together text-only versions of critical contact lists, after discovering that people in some areas could not download images because heavy rains had affected internet speeds.According to local media reports, residents living near the Tielu Railway Station also delivered food and bottled water to passengers stuck in a train after a related hashtag was viewed more than 800 million times.

 

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