Environmental Disaster in China

In China the Yangtze River has flooded. The flooding has caused the water level to invade many of the homes on the small islands in the river that mice lived in. The result was over 2 billion mice that invades 22 counties in China. People were out with their bats and sticks...literally beating the invasive mice to death. So far ditches have been constructed to deal with the over 2 million dead mice that people have killed by hand...that's equates to about 90 tons of rodents. Chinese authorities have been rushing to construct walls to keep the mice out, but are having serious issues with winning over the mice. The mice have already destroyed crops in several regions where the authorities were not able to construct walls or barriers in time. Whats worse is that the mice problem is expected to get worse as the weather is predicted to bring more flooding in the upper part of the river.

As climate change continues to cause problems such as flooding and invasive species...more can problems can be expected to make the news. This is yet another example of how changes in climate or global warming can adversely effect millions of people across the world. This is not just a Chinese problem but a global problem.

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