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Record rainfalls produce flooding in NE China
2010-08-05 07:20
Rivers in Northeast China's Jilin province are swollen with floodwaters after record rainfalls, while more rain has been forecast over the next two days, the weather bureau in Jilin said on Wednesday.
Floods cut tap water supply to 300,000 in NE China city
2010-08-02 11:47
Torrential rains have damaged water pipelines leaving 300,000 people without tap water in Tonghua, an industrial city in northeast China's Jilin Province, a municipal official confirmed on Monday.
Water of Songhua River declared safe to drink
2010-07-30 07:10
Workers on Thursday raced to retrieve some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels swept by floods into the Songhua River in Northeast China's Jilin province.
Worst floods in a decade trap 30,000 in Jilin
2010-07-29 07:44
Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.
30,000 trapped after torrential rains hit NE China
2010-07-28 17:10
More than 30,000 people are reportedly trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China's Jilin Province after torrential downpours.
Survivor clung to tree for life
2010-07-28 06:50
A raging flood, a bridge breaking and his son screaming were all Hao Xingguo, a villager from Tantou town of Central China's Henan province, could remember about the weekend.
Torrential rains hit east China "red tourism" attraction
2010-07-26 16:16
Torrential rains have lashed the mountainous city of Jinggangshan, known as the cradle of the Chinese Communist revolution, in east China's Jiangxi Province, flooding the streets with knee-deep waters.
111 killed, 167 missing as floods hit NW China province
2010-07-26 07:31
Two floods and other rain-triggered disasters that hit northwest China's Shaanxi Province in the past 11 days had left at least 111 dead and 167 missing, provincial authorities said Sunday.
Flooding drowns hopes of tourists
2010-07-26 08:25
Relentless rains triggering flooding across the country this summer have drained some 20,000 visitors from an ordinarily must-see UNESCO World Heritage mountain adjacent to the Yangtze River so far this month, based on ticket receipts.
Rainstorms hit northeast China, 152,000 relocated
2010-07-22 17:43
Rainstorms have caused havoc in the northeastern provinces of Liaoning and Jilin since Monday, leading to the collapse of 5,700 houses and relocation of 152,000 people, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Thursday.
Shaanxi flooding death toll rises to 46
2010-07-22 01:04
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern parts of Northwest China's Shaanxi province have left at least 46 people dead and 121 others missing as of Wednesday afternoon, said a spokesperson with the provincial government.
Geological disasters leave 464 dead, missing in H1
2010-07-22 00:36
Geological disasters have been blamed for 464 people listed as dead or missing in the first half of this year, the most since 2001, according to data from the China Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring.

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