Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNearly 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped a breeding farm in Hengzhou, southern China (BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)Nearly 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped a breeding farm in Hengzhou, southern China, after it was inundated by floods triggered by Typhoon Maysak. One local villager was bitten by an escaped reptile and is currently receiving emergency medical treatment. Emergency teams have been deployed to capture the snakes, and residents are warned to avoid flooded areas and refrain from attempting to catch the reptiles themselves. Widespread flooding across southern and central China has resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of thousands of evacuations.President Xi Jinping has ordered comprehensive rescue and relief efforts, with meteorologists cautioning that China faces “complex” disaster prevention challenges this year due to global warming and El Niño. In fullHundreds of snakes escape after floodwaters inundate breeding farm in ChinaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Typhoon Maysak floods farm unleashing nearly 900 snakes
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNearly 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped a breeding farm in Hengzhou, southern China (BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)Nearly 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped a breeding farm in Hengzhou, southern China, after it was inundated by floods triggered by Typhoon Maysak. One local villager was bitten by an escaped reptile and is currently receiving emergency medical treatment. Emergency teams have been deployed to capture the snakes, and residents are warned to avoid flooded areas and refrain from attempting to catch the reptiles themselves. Widespread flooding across southern and central China has resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of thousands of evacuations.President Xi Jinping has ordered comprehensive rescue and relief efforts, with meteorologists cautioning that China faces “complex” disaster prevention challenges this year due to global warming and El Niño. In fullHundreds of snakes escape after floodwaters inundate breeding farm in ChinaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
