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Drought continues in north
The Yellow River, once called 'China's sorrow' because of its devastating floods, is threatening to dry up as drought continues to affect Shandong province, through which the river flows to meet the sea, China Daily said. Rainfall in the province averaged just 13mm in June and July, 85 per cent less than in the previous […]
By mid-August, torrential rains had killed at least 250 people across China. Storms caused the deaths of at least 108 people in Hunan province and economic losses of some Yn190m, Reuters reported. Bodies were also discovered from Yunnan in the southwest to Zhejiang in the east. Several workers were killed after a landslide buried work […]
Work has begun on the Zhiganglaka hydropower station on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, reported China Daily. With funding from AES Corporation and a Hong Kong company, it is the first solely foreigninvested power project in Qinghai province. One of 13 power stations planned for the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Zhiganglaka […]
This year's floods had killed 793 people nationwide by July 8, according to Ministry of Civil Affairs figures. Flooding had affected 100m people in 24 of China's 31 provincial level authorities. Of these, the worst affected were Shaanxi, Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guizhou. In all, the floods destroyed more than 8m […]