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Flooding in China

China on high alert ahead of flood season and rising Yangtze River levels

Intense rainfall has caused water levels in parts of China’s Yangtze River and its tributaries to rise close to dangerous levels. Chinese authorities are on high alert, with flood response and rescue operation drills under way to prepare for the upcoming flood season. In China’s central Hunan province, Baishui town in Yongzhou flooded on May 20, 2021 after being battered by heavy rains.

May 25, 2021
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Thousands of cars have been abandoned in a car park in China’s Henan province awaiting disposal. The vehicles in this car “cemetery” were damaged during the catastrophic flooding in July that...01:30
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Car ‘cemetery’ in Henan
August 12, 2021
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China bridge collapse kills at least 12 people
July 22, 2024
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Xi urges all-out efforts to fight floods in southern China
June 19, 2024
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Chinese farmers count losses after floods
April 23, 2024
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Dozens of crocodiles escape in flooded southern China
September 13, 2023
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Heilongjiang evacuates residents as second typhoon approaches
August 9, 2023
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Beijing
Death toll rises in Beijing floods, with 27 people still missing
August 1, 2023
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Extreme weather
Northern China inundated by heavy rain from Tropical Storm Doksuri
July 31, 2023
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At least 16 people have died and 36 others were reported missing after a torrential rainstorm lashed northwest China. More than 6,000 residents in six villages in Qinghai province have been...01:33
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Landslide kills 16 in northwest China
August 18, 2022
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Dozens of Chinese cities are facing scorching temperatures amid heatwaves hot enough to melt roofs of buildings and buckle roads. On July 12, 2022, 68 cities issued red alerts, the highest level in...01:22
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Heatwaves scorch Chinese cities
July 13, 2022
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Southern China continues to be hit by record rainfall, affecting 3.75 million people in Guangxi province alone, one of the worst-hit areas. The downpour and rain-induced disasters, such as floods,...01:20
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3.75 million people impacted by floods in China
June 27, 2022
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for authorities nationwide to step up flood control measures and disaster relief efforts on June 22, 2022, as southern China continued to battle severe flooding....01:41
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House falls into floodwaters in China
June 24, 2022
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Floodwaters engulfed homes, fields and roads in southern China as the region was battered by the heaviest rainfall recorded in the area in 61 years. At least five people died in a village in...01:42
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Record rains in southern China
June 22, 2022
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Around 3,000 armed police officers, firefighters and residents worked overnight to clear up mud and debris after torrential downpours and floods hit China’s southern city of Liuzhou for five days...01:12
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City shovels mud after days of floods
June 8, 2022
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The July 2021 floods that ripped through China’s central Henan province continue to wreak havoc on the lives of local residents, particularly in the agriculture sector. Three months after the...01:59
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Henan farmlands remain submerged
November 4, 2021
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At least five people have died and 120,000 people evacuated after days of heavy downpour led to floods and landslides in the Chinese province of Shanxi. Since the start of October, the northern...01:17
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Deaths and thousands displaced in China floods
October 11, 2021
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Firefighters evacuated 31 people on October 5, 2021, after a rainstorm submerged roads in Wanning, a city on China’s island province of Hainan. More than 60 homes were flooded but  no casualties...01:10
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31 rescued from southern China’s flooding
October 6, 2021
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 Streets and buildings were submerged by floodwaters in Xunyang in northwestern China on September 28, 2021, after heavy torrential rains lashed the area in Shaanxi province. Firefighters and army...01:04
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Torrential rain causes flooding in northwestern China
September 30, 2021
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Torrential rains have been battering China’s Henan province since September 23, 2021. Many low-lying urban areas and villages were flooded, including a secondary school in the city of Pingdingshan,...01:09
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Pupils escape flooded school in China
September 28, 2021
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China’s Henan province has been battered by heavy rains since September 23, 2021, flooding several low-lying urban areas and villages. In Nanzhao county, the storm has killed one person and left...02:14
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Heavy rains flood China’s Henan province
September 27, 2021
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Heavy torrential rains continued to hit China over the weekend of August 28-29, 2021, including in the northwestern province of Shaanxi where rainfall triggered widespread flooding and landslides....01:54
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More heavy rain and floods in China
August 30, 2021
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Heavy rain fell across China over the weekend of August 21-22, 2021. Affected areas included the central province of Henan, where serious flooding last month killed more than 300 people. But,...01:54
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China hit by more floods
August 23, 2021