BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) - Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding.

BEIJING -- China's flood control authorities on Tuesday activated Level-IV emergency response measures in Jiangxi and Guizhou ...

A model designed to shed light on flood control efforts on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China's longest, will start construction in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei ...

China is suffering its worst drought on record as soaring temperatures dry up key parts of the Yangtze River, damaging crops ... heavy rain has driven floods and landslides, leaving at least ...

The upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be hit by more flooding, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said in a statement on the ministry’s website late on Friday.

Buck dubbed it "the wildest, wickedest river" for its murderous floods. So much of China's past lies on the Yangtze ... off-again national capital across 17 turbulent centuries and home to ...

large-scale and persistent flooding in urban areas and, a large number of casualties. As Yangtze River levels have rapidly risen, the Three Gorges Dam has increased discharge volumes and the ...

The Yangtze River Simulator, developed by the team of Xia Jun, a hydrologist at Wuhan University, China, is a tool for monitoring, simulation and analysis of flood control, power generation and ...