00:03Typhoon forced winds, rising floodwaters, and emergency rescues. These are situations
00:07most people hope they'll never be in, but here in Hangzhou's Disaster Training Center,
00:11participants are experiencing them in a controlled environment to better
00:14prepare themselves for a future with increasing frequent weather extremes.
00:26We have a Typhoon wind simulator where they have winds up to 160 kilometers an hour alongside rain simulation.
00:35They have a urban flooding recreation, essentially like a metro station or an underground parking lot.
00:41We have a flood simulator where 900 tons of water are released within 30 seconds.
00:48We opened in May last year, and from then until the end of last year, we had a count of
00:53about 100,000 visitors.
00:54That 100,000 includes primary and secondary school students,
00:58rescued team members, and all sorts of adults. This year we haven't counted yet.
01:06These types of trainings really just teach you not to be overconfident when you're approaching natural disasters.
01:11Sometimes when you're watching from a distance, Typhoon forced winds, rising floodwaters, they don't
01:15not seem so strong, but when you're actually experiencing them firsthand, you quickly realize how severely you've underestimated them.
01:22Let's do this next week, everybody does.
01:22Thank you very much.
01:23Oh, my God.
01:23Oh my God.
01:23Oh my God.
01:23Oh my God.
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