Floodwaters in southeastern China are receding, but the trouble has moved farther north. Now the disasters have hit Henan and Hebei provinces, including Beijing, the country’s capital. In Google Earth, when the “weather” checkbox is on, you can see a huge band of rainstorms extending from the Bay of Bengal, 2,000 miles to the southwest, into northeastern China.
Earth Sense: Level land areas are vulnerable to floods