and flash floods. To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program.

China’s dam empire is crumbling—literally and figuratively. In 1949, the People’s Republic had a handful of major dams. By 2025, Water Resources Minister Li Guoying boasted of nearly 95,000 dams. But ...

The analysis indicated that many regions across the country are entering the main flood season in June, with the areas south ...

BEIJING -- China is set to establish a unified cross-basin ecological compensation mechanism for the mainstreams of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers by 2027, as part of its broader efforts to improve ...

The Yangtze River Delta has emerged as a leader in China's economic landscape, with 35 of its 41 cities surpassing the national GDP growth average of 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025 ...

A flood warning for the Connecticut River that extends from Enfield through Hartford is in effect until late Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The warning said minor ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A River Flood Warning is in effect for the Connecticut River in Northampton and Thompsonville, Conn. Some minor flooding will also occur along the river in low-lying ...

A flood warning for the Connecticut River that extends from Hartford through Portland is in effect until Thursday afternoon. The warning said minor flooding occurred Wednesday and that portions of ...

This includes a Flood Watch, Flood Warning, River Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning, and Flash Flood Warning. There is also an alert called a Flash Flood Emergency, but this is very rare.

Yangtze finless porpoises only live in the middle-lower Yangtze River basin in eastern China. From the early 1980s until the 2010s, the population steeply declined an estimated 60%, according to a ...

Officials said that the government’s plans to protect the Yangtze River caused these improvements. The policies were centred around a 10-year fishing ban that started in 2020. Before these ...