BEIJING (Reuters) -Heavy rainfall triggering flash floods and mudslides have damaged roads, destroyed buildings and claimed bridges, wreaking havoc in China's southwestern Yunnan province on a long ...

suggests an analysis of flooding from the Yellow River in China. More extreme and frequent rainfall due to global warming means river flooding is a growing threat to millions of people worldwide.

China’s mighty Yellow River has always been a cruel and capricious neighbor to the 140 million people—a fourth of China’s populace—who live near its ... the area from floods, create ...

Flooding in China’s Yellow River became 10 times more frequent in the last 1,000 years than in several previous millennia, and it cannot be blamed on climate change, a new study has shown.

ZHENGZHOU -- The Yellow River is likely to flood this rainy season from July to October, the China Meteorological Administration has warned. Rainfall was expected to increase by 20 to 50 percent ...

Targeting key problems including water shortages, ecological fragility, and flooding along the Yellow River, the law reiterated that China encourages ... In the scenic area near the dam, visitors ...

China has warned of flood risks near the Bei River, a southern tributary of the Pearl River, over the next 30 days as authorities prepare for emergencies and evacuation. Heavy showers, known as ...

BEIJING - Extreme rainfall and severe flooding in China led ... vast areas such as the Sichuan Basin, Yellow River, Huai River and parts of the North China Plain, breaking precipitation records ...

The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. The Yellow River valley was ... making it virtually an “above-ground river”. Flooding has been a major problem. In the old days, little ...

Last year, China ... near Shaoguan city in the province’s mountainous north, injuring six people, according to Xinhua. Authorities raised the flood control emergency response for the Pearl River ...