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China mulls blasting dike to prevent flooding
2010-07-13 11:58
Authorities in East China's Anhui province are considering measures including blasting a dike on a swollen branch of the Yangtze River to prevent flooding of villages.
Torrential rains to continue to plague C, E China
2010-07-13 11:16
China's meteorological authorities forecast Tuesday rainstorms to continue to batter flooded areas in central and eastern China near the Yangtze River over the next three days.
Three dead, dozens missing in SW China landslides
2010-07-13 11:07
Landslides triggered by torrential rains left three people dead and at least 50 others missing in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
China starts draining overfilled reservoir in Qinghai
2010-07-13 08:10
Hundreds of soldiers and police are rushing to complete a drainage channel to prevent a dangerously overfilled reservoir from overflowing and flooding a city of 205,000 people in Northwest China.
Dyke breach repair under way in Anhui
2010-07-12 22:57
Soldiers repair the dyke breaches with sand bags along the Qingcao section of the Dasha River, in Tongcheng City, east China's Anhui Province, July 12, 2010. Tongcheng city was hit by a heavy rainstorm on July 11, causing dyke breaches on the Dasha River that threatened residents’ safety. Nearly 300 soldiers rushed to the site to repair breaches.
4,200 evacuated after dyke breaches in E China
2010-07-12 09:05
More than 4,200 people have been removed after flood-hit dykes of a river in Anhui province suffered breaches, the local government said Sunday.
Rainstorms to lash flooded China provinces
2010-07-11 19:39
China's Central Meteorological Station warned Sunday rainstorms would again batter many provinces and regions in the coming days bringing with it bigger risks of new flooding. Flood death toll hits 50
At least 27 die after flood wreck havoc in south China
2010-07-10 00:28
At least 27 people are dead, six others missing and tens of thousands evacuated after more rain-triggered landslides have caused havoc in south China, delaying flights and severing roads and railway lines in south China.
At least 27 die as rain, flood wreck S China
2010-07-09 22:50
At least 27 people are dead, six others missing and tens of thousands evacuated after more rain-triggered landslides have caused havoc in south China, delaying flights and severing traffic in south China.
Heaviest rain pounds Chongqing
2010-07-09 22:12
The most severe rainstorm this summer pounded Chongqing in the morning, causing inland inundation in some parts. Local weather authorities issued a third-level storm alert.
Millions affected by floods along Yangtze River
2010-07-09 20:12
Rain-triggered floods are affecting millions of people in regions along China's longest river, the Yangtze, China's flood control authority said Friday.
Heavy rain disrupts train services in SW China city
2010-07-09 13:46
All train services were suspended due to thunder storm on Friday morning in Southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, according to the local flood control authority.

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