State weather forecasters also issued a geological disaster warning late on Thursday, saying areas at risk include the central provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Henan and Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou in the southwest as well as Zhejiang on the eastern coast. The China Meteorological Administration warned that heavy rainstorms were likely to continue until next week, with regions along the Yangtze river vulnerable to flooding. cnsphoto via REUTERSĬhina regularly experiences flooding during its wet summer months, but authorities have warned that extreme weather is now becoming more frequent as a result of climate change.Īround 80,000 were evacuated in the southwestern province of Sichuan last weekend and record rainfall in Henan last month caused floods that killed more than 300 people. 2013 Sudan floods: August 187 Pakistan, Afghanistan: 2013 PakistanAfghanistan floods: August 10 85 China, Russia: 2013 ChinaRussia floods: July September 201 India: 2013 Bihar flood: July 3 September 73 China: 2013 Southwest China floods: August December 405 Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar: 2013. Paramilitary police officers evacuate residents stranded by floodwaters with a boat following heavy rainfall in Hedian town of Suizhou, Hubei province, China August 12, 2021. Total losses were estimated at 108 million yuan ($16.67 million), the official China Daily said on Friday, citing the province's emergency management bureau. The city of Yicheng also saw a record 400 millimetres of rain on Thursday.Īccording to the official China News Service, as many as 774 reservoirs in Hubei had exceeded their flood warning levels by Thursday evening.Įxtreme weather in the province has caused widespread power cuts and has damaged more than 3,600 houses and 8,110 hectares of crops. A damaged bridge following heavy rains which caused severe flooding in Gongyi in China's central Henan province on July 21, 2021. Rescue crews have been dispatched to the worst affected areas, including the cities of Suizhou, Xiangyang and Xiaogan, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said. Southwest China Floods 2013 (RMB 107B) Southern China Floods 2008 (RMB 95B) Yangtze Floods 1998 (RMB 167B) CONFIDENTIAL 2015 AIR WORLDWIDE 8 0 50 100 150 200 250. Pakistan - Monsoon Floods, Pluvial/Flash Flood, 40,000,000 CHF. Chinas national government launched the Sponge City Programme in 2013 to. More than 2,700 houses and shops suffered flood damage and power, transportation and communications were also disrupted, the official Xinhua news agency reported. , DREF, MDRLK017, Sri Lanka - Dengue Outbreak & Floods, Epidemic, 348,470 CHF. cities, meaning flooding and contamination of the water supply are common.1. The deaths were recorded in the township of Liulin, part of the city of Suizhou in the north of the province. Swollen rivers bulged and overspilled onto city streets. SHANGHAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Five cities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have declared "red alerts" after torrential rain left 21 people dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people, state media reported. Powerful rains drenched regions of Alberta in June 2013, causing the worst flooding in decades.
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