China is confronted with the threat of big floods along the Yangtze River in the upcoming summer flood season, experts said. The conclusion is based on the high possibility of massive rainfall in ...

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 ...

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 ...

REUTERS/Carlos Barria BEIJING (Reuters) - Severe floods are expected on China's Yangtze River this year due to a strong El Nino weather pattern, state media said, raising the risk of deaths and ...

the Yangtze River included, is simply beyond the realm of engineering." Zhang blames unfinished reservoir projects up river for the severe flooding in Sichuan and the area around the city of ...

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.

The Yangtze River and southeast part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will probably be hit by floods as these regions will have more rainfall than previous years, according to the forecast.

China's biggest river, the Yangtze, and several of its tributaries ... By last week, 63 million people had been affected by floods, 12.7% higher than the average over the past five years, said ...

Four rounds of downpours are expected to batter the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River later this month, Yangtze flood control and drought relief headquarters said Monday. The first ...

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.

SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuters) - China's Yangtze River is likely to flood badly this year for the first time since 1998, when floodwaters from China's longest river killed more than 3,000 people ...