Building mud barriers alongside rivers to prevent floods may have the opposite effect, suggests an analysis of flooding from the Yellow River in China. More extreme and frequent rainfall due to ...

On this day in 1938, the Yellow River experienced a major flood during the Second Sino-Japanese War when the Chinese Nationalist government deliberately destroyed the dikes along the river to halt the ...

Officials have issued a warning that flood waters may damage the dykes on the Yellow River's lower reaches and have advised local flood control departments to strengthen measures to protect the dykes.

A new study published in Engineering presents an integrated model that evaluates flood risks to people’s life and property in the lower Yellow River (LYR) under various floodplain management modes.

As the largest of its kind on the Yellow River, the Xiaolangdi Dam, designed to control flood and ice, to dredge, and to ensure water supply and power generation, directly affects the downstream ...