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Property damage. Around 82 billion yuan ( US$ 12.7 billion) [5] China's Henan Province experienced flooding between 17 and 31 July 2021 as a result of heavy rainfall. On July 20, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, recorded 201.9 millimetres (7.95 in) of rainfall within an hour, the highest ever figure recorded since measurements began in 1951.
2020 China floods. In early June 2020, heavy rains caused by the regional rainy season led to floods severely affecting large areas of southern China including the Yangtze basin and its tributaries. Rains and floods extended to central and eastern China during July [1] [2] and were described as the worst since at least 1998.
Starting on 16 April 2024, Guangdong Province was stuck by significant rainfall and flooding, inundating homes and infrastructure, impacting millions, and forcing more than 110,000 residents to relocate. Forty-four rivers in the Pearl River Delta exceeded their warning water levels. Six people in Shaoguan were injured due to landslides.
The state-run weather service measured 65.1 millimeters (2.5 inches) of rainfall in Changsha in a single hour – a new record for the city in June – shuttering tourist attractions and two local ...
US$22 billion [1] In mid-June 2016, severe weather such as heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and hail [2] began across southern China, triggering deadly floods. Over the following month, additional rain events exacerbated flooding and affected more of the country. Areas along the Yangtze River and Huai River have been particularly hard-hit. [3]
The 2011 China floods were a series of floods from June to September 2011 that occurred in central and southern parts of the People's Republic of China. They were caused by heavy rain that inundated portions of 12 provinces, leaving other provinces still suffering a prolonged drought , [2] [3] and with direct economic losses of nearly US$6.5 ...
2023 China floods. Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected people in Zhuozhou. Several floods struck China starting in July 2023, most of them caused by heavy rainfalls in different areas. The most notable floods were the 2023 Beijing - Tianjin - Hebei Heavy rain and Northeast china heavy rain, which left at least 81 dead and 34 missing. [1]
The 2010 China floods began in early May 2010. [8] [9] [10] Three hundred and ninety-two people died, and a further 232 people were reported missing as of June 30, 2010, [11] [12] including 57 people in a landslide in Guizhou. Fifty-three of the deaths occurred from the flooding and landslides between May 31 and June 3, [13] and 266 deaths ...