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China hit by floods, landslides and heat as extreme weather takes its toll
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Torrential rains swept across swathes of China on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Danas drenched ...
Southern China and Hong Kong Brace for Floods and Fierce Winds from Danas
The authorities warned of possible flash flooding as the remnants of Typhoon Danas passed through the region. Hong Kong suspended schools for Friday.
Heavy floods in central and southern China kill at least 9 and displace tens of thousands
At least eight people were listed as missing in the worst-hit provinces of Henan, Hubei and Guizhou, where rivers overtopped ...
Heavy Rain Hits China's Flood-Stricken Guizhou for Second Time in a Week
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Heavy rain struck China's southwestern Guizhou province again on Saturday, half-submerging the already flood-stricken riverside city of Rongjiang for a second time this week and ...
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China’s Xi Jinping is building a dream city. Devastating floods raise ...
Preparing for the storms on July 20, China’s Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying ordered officials to make flood diversion plans to “keep the flood waters outside (Xiong’an’s) periphery ...
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In the flood's wake, Rasuwagadhi left in ruins, China trade route cut off
July 11 -- year-old Lhakpa Tsho Ghale still remembers the devastating 2015 earthquake. She used to run a small hotel in ...
Tibetan Glacial Lake Drainage Triggered Deadly Flood in Nepal, Climate Body Says
KATHMANDU (Reuters) -The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two ...
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China’s summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge as it ...
China’s government has mounted a top-down effort to revamp how the country responds to extreme weather in recent years after 2021 floods in Henan’s Zhengzhou killed more than 300 people.