‘I find hope in sticking together and keeping each other warm’ – This is climate breakdown

When the rain kept coming down, people began to worry. We were afraid the dam up the hill might not hold up. This is Jie’s story

Location Guangdong, China

Disaster Extreme rainfall, 2024

Li Jie lives in Xianniangxi, a mountainous village in southern China’s Guangdong province with her family, where she is a social worker for a rural non-profit organisation and also works in the fields. The climate crisis has increased heavy rainfall in Guangdong and exacerbated floods in the province in April 2024, which have since killed at least 47 people.

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