Local govts have to learn lessons from floods

DOUBTLESSLY, facing the flooding across vast swathes of the country, local governments and residents have devoted themselves to flood relief efforts. Yet there are problems and chaotic situations that should arouse our concern, Ifeng.com comments on Wednesday.

If local governments did better in warning of the floods in some rural areas, more lives could have been saved.

The devastating damage caused by floods have exposed that many local governments were not prepared for a natural disaster.