🇨🇳In China, a weekend of unusually heavy downpours caused the collapse of two dams at reservoirs serving the Inner Mongolian city of Hulunbuir.
The dams were completely swept away, inundating nearby fields and rushing down motorway lanes
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🇮🇳 In India, 35 people were killed as "monstrous" seasonal monsoon rains fell nationwide, triggering landslides and house collapses
🇳🇿The extreme weather also hit Southern Hemisphere.
A state of emergency was declared in the Buller District on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island which was hit by severe flooding, with thousands evacuated from their homes
⚠️🌏Are these extreme weather outbreaks linked to climate change?
🔴By Sunday, every adult in the country had been offered a vaccine, yet three million 18 to 34-year-olds – 35% – have either not booked an appointment or have decided to reject the jab
📈Infections are highest in those aged 20 to 29, with 614 cases per 100,000 people compared to just 27.9 per 100,000 in the over-80s.
"It means the very people who are driving the pandemic are taking the least responsibility in stopping it," writes @sarahknapton
🚨 BREAKING: Prince Harry is to write an “intimate and heartfelt” memoir of his life, from childhood to the present day telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
📚The book, to be released late next year, will share the “definitive account” of the Duke of Sussex's “experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons”
🔴The Prime Minister is under pressure to end the "mad" system of self-isolation as he and two other top ministers were forced into quarantine on "Freedom Day"
🧒All children may be offered the Covid vaccine later this year once trials conclude, despite officials being set to stop short of that recommendation on Monday