Torrential rains bring devastating floods to a Chinese city – and a snake invasion
- Hong Kong — It sounds like the script of a low-budget horror movie – a community besieged by hundreds of snakes.
- But in Hengzhou, a southern Chinese city of some one million residents, floodwaters have brought that terrifying reality to their doorsteps.
- Around 900 snakes – many of them venomous – are on the loose after Typhoon Maysak swept through the region, causing flooding that has so far killed 39 people, according to state media.
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- Hong Kong — It sounds like the script of a low-budget horror movie – a community besieged by hundreds of snakes.
- But in Hengzhou, a southern Chinese city of some one million residents, floodwaters have brought that terrifying reality to their doorsteps.
- Around 900 snakes – many of them venomous – are on the loose after Typhoon Maysak swept through the region, causing flooding that has so far killed 39 people, according to state media.
Sources: CNN