Rescuers in China race to find missing, seal dykes after devastating floods
Beijing, China Reuters Rescuers in China scrambled on Friday to locate dozens of people still missing a week after the year’s most powerful typhoon roared into the southern province of Hunan, while emergency workers rushed to seal breached dykes on swollen rivers. Even before Typhoon Gaemi hit on 25th July, China was roiled by months […]
Work begins sealing breach at China’s second-largest freshwater lake
Shenzhen, China Reuters Rescue personnel began sealing a breached dike at China’s second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country on Saturday afternoon after water levels stabilised on both side of the burst, Chinese state media said. A day earlier the 226-metre stretch of dike breached at Dongting Lake in Hunan province, with 5,700 […]
Record rains paralyse China’s southern city Changsha
Beijing, China Reuters Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian underpasses and subway tunnels. Emergency crews ferried locals to and from their homes on rubber boats and headed out to rescue drivers trapped on flooded roads, state CCTV reported. A drone view shows buildings […]
China’s deadly weather from heat to hailstorms take a toll
Beijing, China Reuters Torrential rain triggered flash floods in northern China killing one person and sweeping away two, state media reported on Monday, the latest victims of weeks of extreme weather that has brought misery to many and shows no sign of ending. The heavy rain, heat and recent hail have been damaging infrastructure, crops […]