China warns of more floods as extreme storms hit world's No.2 economy

China Warns of More Floods After Heavy Rains

BEIJING—Central and southern China were on high alert for more flash floods on Friday as the annual East Asia monsoon gathered pace and extreme rainfall threatened disruption in the world’s second-largest economy. Red alerts, the first for this year, were issued late on Thursday covering the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi region, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the water resources ministry and national we…

Over 53,000 evacuated as heavy rains lash central China

CHANGSHA: Since the ongoing heavy rainfall in central China’s Hunan Province began, more than 53,000 residents have been evacuated in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Zhangjiajie, Changde and Huaihua as of 5.00 pm Friday, according to the office of the provincial emergency management commission, Xinhua reported. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

China warns of flooding after heavy rains

BEIJING — Chinese authorities have warned of flash floods and swift currents in mountainous areas in the eastern, central, southern and southwestern regions of the country after heavy rains there.

Gathering monsoon challenges China afresh, flash floods hit its struggling economy hard

Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for policymakers as they threaten to overwhelm ageing flood defences, displace millions, and wreak havoc on China's $2.8 trillion agricultural sector

China Warns of More Floods as Extreme Storms Hit World's No.2 Economy