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 holiday weekend.

Tim Marshall examines why water is fast becoming a trigger for conflict, from South Asia to the Middle East – and why climate ...

The remarkable success of the movie “Sinners” has sparked a renewed interest in how the two communities wrestled with life ...

Floodwaters caused by continuous rains have damaged levees on the Yellow River and altered the course of the river by more than 100 meters in east China, say flood control authorities. The runoff ...

China's first list of the Yellow River water conservancy heritage has ... The 20 water conservancy heritage sites in the list include ancient levees, dangerous projects from ancient times, ancient ...

The Great Wall of China crosses the Yellow River in several places ... The region’s inhabitants have built extensive systems of levees and irrigation works in an attempt to control the river’s flow.

including ancient levees built around 2000 BCE. Today, the Yellow River remains a vital source of irrigation, power generation, and historical insight for China. The Yenisei, extending around 5,539 ...

The Yellow River, known as China's "mother river" and the cradle ... standardized downstream levees, and flood retention areas at Dongping Lake and Beijin Dike. 3. Reinforcing Downstream Flood ...

In June, dozens of people were killed and some 33 rivers in China “exceeded ... potential damages should the levee breach. The effect, according to the Nature paper, is a key challenge in the densely ...

After decades of planning, construction has begun on a massive new dam on China’s Yellow River in the latest water management project aimed at controlling increasing sediment in the world’s ...

Extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, flooding and heatwaves, have been described as the “new normal” for China ... the levee breach. The effect, according to the Nature paper, is a key ...

The river, the second longest in China, supports lives and livelihoods in nine northern provinces. It is also a critical biodiversity corridor in the East Asian-Australasian and Central Asian flyways ...