Nineteen dead after highway collapses in southern China

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Nineteen dead after highway collapses in southern China – DW – 05/01/2024
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Nineteen people have died after part of a highway collapsed in China's southern Guangdong province, according to state media

A section of a highway collapsed in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday.

In total, 18 vehicles were reportedly trapped in the collapse and rescue workers took dozens of people to the hospital.

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I'm sure the historic flooding happening didn't help, either.

Did these ones have stormwater infrastructure?

Climate change is very clear at this point, didn't part of the Yangtze river go completely dry at one point a year or so ago? As in, people walking across the dirt at the bottom?