It Was the First Coronavirus Hot Spot. Now, a Chinese Province Faces Big Floods.

Heavy rains are overflowing sections of the Yangtze River, inundating areas around the city of Wuhan BEIJINGࢀ"Chinaࢀ™s central Hubei province, the original epicenter of the coronavirus, had only just emerged from an unprecedented monthslong lockdown aimed at containing the deadly pandemic. Now, it is facing its second calamity of the year as the largest rains in recent memory swell some sections of the Yangtze River and cause widespread flooding in the countryside around the provincial capital of Wuhan. Record…