I grew up in Beijing but live in the U.S. now. This is not the worst flood in the city’s modern history (the one in 2012 killed ~80 people), but my impression is that this time (coupled with the rare heat wave several weeks ago) it’s really a wake-up call for Beijingers on climate change. I’ve heard people saying “scientists were warning about climate change as early as the 1990s, but this is the first time when the effect is right in front of our eyes.”