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Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety
Futurism • • general
Key Points:
- Two men in Southern China were rescued from severe flooding using a large quadcopter drone, which airlifted a stranded man from an oil tanker in Guangxi province.
- Floodwaters in Guangxi reached halfway up transmission poles and submerged buildings, following Typhoon Maysak which caused over 130,000 evacuations and up to 35 inches of rainfall in a few days.
- Emergency responders deployed telecommunication drones to restore internet connectivity in flooded areas, enabling victims to communicate with rescuers and family members.
- The typhoon also caused dangerous incidents including snakes escaping a breeding farm in Guangxi, a tornado in Hubei province that sucked a man from his 12th-story apartment, and landslides in Gansu province.
- With another typhoon approaching, China’s emergency response system, including drone technology, is under significant pressure to manage ongoing natural disasters.
