China has expanded the economic safeguards for segments of its population affected by flood control schemes in times of extreme rainfall, including pledges of direct compensation from the central ...

BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) - Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding. Water ...

China's north and west braced for more flash floods and landslides on Thursday as annual 'Plum Rains' left a trail of ...

China warned it will face a “complex and severe” challenge to prevent floods over the coming week, with some of its major rivers under threat as the country entered the main season for ...

Raging floods downed a river in China on Friday, killing 12 and with at least 30 still missing, Xinhua News Agency said. AP More than 1,600 rescue workers are now at the scene of Friday's bridge ...

A mountain river swollen by monsoon rains has swept away the main bridge linking Nepal with China. The flooding Tuesday also ...

The “massive flood” at the Bei River is the earliest on record to hit China in the highest category of a four-tier classification system, according to Yin, the forecaster. Floods of this ...

Thousands of people have been evacuated in southeast China after heavy rains hammered the region over the weekend, triggering floods and deadly landslides, authorities and state media said Monday.

Severe floods "seen around once a century" are expected to hit parts of southern China, state media said Sunday, as heavy rains prompted authorities to step up disaster precautions.

Many Chinese expressed shock at the resulting floods: Northern China is still more associated with droughts than heavy rainfall in the public imagination. In 2022, a total of 554.4 millimeters of rain ...

China currently has 98 designated flood diversion areas spanning major river basins, including the Yangtze River basin, home to a third of the country's population. During the 2023 Hebei floods ...

Water levels at Poyang lake in Jiangxi province, where authorities had activated a second-level response for flood control since Tuesday night, were also being closely watched. The country's ...