parcher (UK)
We have a storm drainage system at work, but it still struggles to cope with the amount of rain we get. Look at the floods in the UK. Towns across Yorkshire and Northumberland under 4 ft of water and they don't get half as much rain as we do in China.
A man searches for his lost case in a flooded railway tunnel in Wuhan on July 11, 2010. [Photo/VCG] |