Tag Archives: Floods in China

More than 240,000 people were evacuated in eastern China after heavy rains fell across a large part of the country, causing the flow of the Yangtze River to swell, the official Xinhua news agency reported. This Tuesday, July 2 afternoon, the rains had ravaged “36 counties and districts of seven …

At least two people died on Monday in the Chinese capital Beijing, placed on maximum alert for floods and landslides, due to torrential rains which have been falling on the region since Friday. Rescue services found two bodies in waterways in Beijing’s Mentougou district, according to the People’s Daily (state …