Downpour continues to lash southern China
2011-06-19 20:50
Heavy rains and ensuing floods continue to plague southern parts of China, affecting millions of people and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.
Vice Premier visits flood-hit eastern regions
2011-06-19 19:13
Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Sunday went to the flood-hit provinces of Zhejiang and Anhui to promote flood control and disaster relief efforts.
Downpours damage farmland, inflate food prices
2011-06-19 15:43
The Zhejiang Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said that by Saturday the disaster had afflicted about 2.59 million people and caused an economic loss of nearly five billion yuan.
Wuhan wades through heavy rainstorm
2011-06-18 23:07
A bus and a pedestrian wade through a flooded road in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, June 18, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]
Nanjing overwhelmed by downpour
2011-06-18 17:04
A bike rider wades through a flooded road in Nanjing, capital of East China Jiangsu province, June 18, 2011.
Drought causes water, food shortages in NW China
2011-06-17 15:42
The prolonged drought in northwest Ningxia Hui autonomous region has caused water and food shortages for thousands of people, the local government said Friday.
Dikes breach in E China, 120,000 evacuated
2011-06-17 10:58
Two dikes breached in east Zhejiang province Thursday as a result of continuing rains, forcing more than 120,000 people to move to safer places.
Rivers struggling to cope as flood crisis deepens
2011-06-17 07:40
Floodwaters inundated 88 villages along the Puyang River in Zhuji city of East China's Zhejiang province after the river burst its banks on Thursday.
Downpours force Mogao Grottoes to close
2011-06-17 07:57
Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a world heritage site in NW China's Gansu Province, was temporarily closed to visitors as of Thursday because of torrential rains, according to local sources.
Relief teams sent to flooded south
2011-06-17 06:52
China's central authorities on Thursday upgraded its emergency response to level 4 -- the highest-- and sent disaster relief teams to Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces -- where heavy rainfall has triggered serious floods claiming lives.
Deaths from rainstorm climb in SW China county
2011-06-17 07:04
The death toll has climbed to 37 in Wangmo County in southwest China's Guizhou Province since the downpours started on June 3, leaving 15 others missing and 1,715 injured, local authorities said Thursday.
430,000 affected by heavy rains in C China
2011-06-16 10:56
A second round of heavy rains hit the province from June 13 to June 15, triggering floods in seven cities and counties among 62 regions lashed by the rains, leaving about 430,000 people affected.

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