More than 16,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday as torrential rains pelted parts of south Guangdong province, local flood control authorities said.
Heavy rains along the Yangtze River in the past few days have caused water level in Taihu, the country's second largest freshwater lake, to rise above the warning level, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH) said Sunday.
Two people were killed and two others were missing in a rain-triggered flood in southwest China's Chongqing municipality as of 9 pm Thursday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
A new round of downpours that has battered Southwest China has left 11 dead and two others missing, local flood control authorities said Thursday.
Persistent downpours have battered Dazu county in Chongqing municipality since Tuesday, triggering floods in 24 towns and affecting 142,000 residents. Disaster relief efforts are underway.
Two people were killed and another person is still missing after heavy rains inundated the Qiantangjiang River basin in east China's Zhejiang Province over the weekend, local authorities said. Special Power plants will double output of Three Gorges Dam
Rescuers in Northwest China on Tuesday recovered the bodies of four people who were swept away in their trucks by flash floods amid days of heavy rain that drenched parts of a desert-oasis basin known for its unbearably hot and dry weather.
Continuous downpours pounding East China's Anhui province have caused more than 660 reservoirs to overflow, an official with the provincial flood-control headquarters said Tuesday.
More than 70 kilometers of dikes are in danger of overflowing in the eastern province of Zhejiang as rain-triggered floods that have killed at least 175 people and left 86 missing across southern China continue to pose problems.
Heavy rains have battered northwest China's Gansu Province since June 15, triggering floods that have affected over 19,000 people and toppled 474 homes so far, the provincial Department of Civil Affairs said on Monday.
Five people were killed and one remains missing in Southwest China villages after surging floodwaters swept them away, local authorities said Monday.
More than 70 km of rural dikes are close to overflowing in the city of Lanxi in east China's Zhejiang province, an authority with the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Monday.