A recent report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) says that river-basin floods in the region during 2014 incurred economic losses of…
According to a recent report by China’s National Disaster Reduction Office and Ministry of Civil Affairs, floods have affected over 77 million people in the country so far this year.…
Heavy rain has been falling in Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces since 26 September 2014. Homes have been completely destroyed and others severely damaged as a result of flooding. Heavy…
The flooding has continued in south western China since our report of 02 September here. On Saturday 06 September, China’s Civil Affairs Ministry said that 44 people have been killed…
Several days of heavy rain in south west China has caused flooding and landslides which have left at least 11 people dead and 27 still missing. One of the worst…
The floods in China continue… As we reported on 12 August 2014 the province of Guizhou was hit by severe flooding, leaving at least 8 people dead. Latest reports from…
Nine people have died and 11 are missing in floods in south west China. The floods follow 2 days of torrential rainfall in the region. Sanquan, in Nanchuan District, has…
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs announced earlier today that at least 9 people have lost their lives in flash floods in Yunnan province, in south west China. A further 5…
In China this year, it’s hard to know where one flood stops and another begins. Last week the Chinese government released a statement that 134 people had been killed in…
Torrential rainfall in the Chinese province of Hunan has left several areas facing severe floods after rivers overflowed. The well known ancient town of Fenghuang, which is a popular tourist…
More heavy rain and floods have struck across several southern provinces in China. The latest flood disaster first struck on 3 July 2014, affecting Xinjiang, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. Flooding…
China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday 1 July 2014 reporting that 134 people have been killed in floods so far this year. The statement also said…
Further severe weather, floods and landslides have left 14 people dead and 4 missing in southern China. Yesterday the Chinese government said that the storms and heavy rainfall from 18…
The week-long flooding that has swept across southern parts of China has now killed at least 25 people, with a further 2 people still missing. China’s National Commission for Disaster…
According to Xinhua, the Chinese Government News Agency, a recent spate of severe weather and flooding has left 3 people dead and 60000 evacuated. At least 2 deaths have occurred…
Further to our report of 26 May 2014 about the floods sweeping across southern China, an update from the Chinese Government in the last 24 hours states that the flooding…
