A dam break in China's Hunan province forced almost 6,000 people to evacuate, even as authorities rushed to stem the resulting floods, state media reported on Saturday. According to state news ...

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HUNAN, Central China — Wherever Zhong Bailan went, rain, mud, and ruin always followed. In 2000, a flood swept away her first farm. Six years later, a storm crushed the timber business she had built ...

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) and Ministry of Transport have dispatched a working team to the central province of Hunan to guide rescue efforts after a passenger boat ...

Policemen rescue trapped residents in a flooded area in Chenzhou, a city in central-south China's Hunan Province, July 15, 2006. Winds brought by Typhoon Bilis stiring up huge waves in Wenling ...

More than 10,000 people in central Hunan province were evacuated ... says UN human rights chief The floods coincided with record heatwaves in other parts of China, with the country’s National ...

[Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn] China has made remarkable strides in mitigating flooding losses as it strives to strengthen its flood control capabilities in response to increasingly ...

A recent study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science has shed light on the factors influencing floods in the Kumalak River catchment, China. The study, led by Prof. Chen Yaning from the ...

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) and Ministry of Transport have dispatched a working team to the central province of Hunan to guide rescue efforts after ...