00:00Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
00:04Welcome to a new episode of your program, What's Happening.
00:07Today is Sunday, August 23, 2026.
00:11And also, today is the 10th of Rabi' al-Awwal.
00:17Let me go, honestly, something huge happened today in China, something extraordinary.
00:24Let me go straight to it and let's see together.
00:29These severe floods and dangerous flash floods, honestly, this type of flood is something I'm seeing for the first time.
00:37Specifically, let's start watching it together on the screen.
00:41And this is specifically from the Chinese city of Sichuan.
00:46We'll see, how did the floods sweep through Madian County and the city of Sichuan?
00:54I expect three.
00:55One of them belongs to Madian County after heavy rains.
01:00Imagine, heavy rains struck this county.
01:05And the amount of rainfall reached 200 the same scene for it.
01:10And in some areas, it reached 220 millimeters.
01:15This caused, let's say, floodwaters to surge through Sichuan.
01:26There were floods and torrents from these floods.
01:29The floods submerged the roads, submerged the vehicles, and submerged the shops.
01:36And honestly, when you watch this clip, you feel like the waves of the sea have entered Sichuan.
01:44And it really feels like the sea has entered the city.
01:50With rainfall reaching 220 millimeters.
01:54I mean, just imagine 220 millimeters of rainfall.
01:57Honestly, that's a huge number.
02:00For what side?
02:02The rain.
02:05And the main reason, as I told you, is the El Nino, or even super El Nino, phenomenon that's hitting
02:12right now.
02:12The Pacific Ocean is the reason for everything that's happening.
02:17Unfortunately, drought, it causes drought.
02:20And the first thing is high temperatures and drought.
02:23The drought intensifies with water vapor.
02:26And it results in massive floods and very heavy rains.
02:31Now, let's go from China to Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, which witnessed a devastating earthquake a few weeks ago.
02:40Now, the same place and the same capital, the Venezuelan capital.
02:46Powerful floodwaters swept through the capital streets with very heavy rain.
02:52These floods that you are seeing are because of heavy rain that fell for just one hour yesterday.
02:59Yesterday, yesterday evening in Caracas and caused these floods that unfortunately affected several areas of the capital as well.
03:10I'm telling you, this is because of the El Nino phenomenon that has started to affect everything in our lives.
03:15Unfortunately, that's all.
03:17So, I'm with you.
03:19Ahmad al-Dira, the scheduled host of the show, What's Happening?
