BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A flash flood in northwest China on Thursday night killed five villagers who were in the hills rounding up their sheep, sweeping their car into a rapidly rising river ...

The Huaihe River, China's third largest, suffered its worst flood since 1954 in July and, in order to protect major dams and cities, the local government was forced to divert floodwater to 10 ...

One post on Chinese social media site ... the group initially stayed put to take care of the sheep. Unfortunately, the flood eventually swept away and drowned most of the sheep on Tuesday morning.

BEIJING, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Northern China warned of crop and animal diseases ... with numerous pigs and sheep drowning in the floodwaters and crops destroyed. Waterlogging must also be reduced ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on local governments to make use of recent stimulus for flood disaster relief as he visited with victims of the devastating and fatal storms in northern China e ...

One post on Chinese social media site ... the group initially stayed put to take care of the sheep. Unfortunately, the flood eventually swept away and drowned most of the sheep on Tuesday morning.