China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains, including crucial personal protective equipment for fighting the coronavirus via DavidStanway
Residents stranded by floodwaters line up to get on a boat to evacuate the flood-hit village in Poyang county, Jiangxi province, China July 16, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
The summer rainy season brings floods to China almost every year but the impact of the disruption they cause is being felt further afield as Chinese goods become more important in global supply chains for various items, including PPE. Xiantao, just west of Wuhan, is China’s biggest manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics used in PPE production. A third of China’s total exports of nonwoven fabric products are from the city.The giant Three Gorges reservoir, which has been holding back more water to try to ease downstream flood risks, is more than 10 metres higher than its warning level, with inflows now at more than 50,000 cubic metres a second.
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