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The Beijing Flood Control Headquarters activated the city's flood control red early warning on July 30. Tiananmen Square, the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, and the Badaling Great Wall were temporarily closed. [12] The China Central Television reported that 31,000 individuals fled their homes in high-risk regions in Beijing. [13]
The flood reached the Teesta III Dam at Chungthang at midnight, before its gates could be opened, destroying the dam in minutes. [2] Water levels downstream in the River Teesta rose by up to 20 feet (6.1 m), causing widespread damage. [3] It was the deadliest flood in the area after the 1968 Sikkim floods when around 1000 people were killed. [4]
Property damage. Around 82 billion yuan ( US$ 12.7 billion) [ 5] China's Henan Province experienced flooding between 17 and 31 July 2021 as a result of heavy rainfall. On July 20, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, recorded 201.9 millimetres (7.95 in) of rainfall within an hour, the highest ever figure recorded since measurements began in 1951 ...
Nanjing, the capital of China's eastern Jiangsu province issued its second highest flood warning and authorities banned various vessels, including passenger ferries, from entering or operating in ...
Torrential storms that have brought widespread flooding to southeast China are moving inland, prompting the national weather service to issue its most severe rainstorm alert and warnings of ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -From coping with dangerously swollen rivers to helping residents trapped in waterlogged cities, China's disaster-response systems are being put to the test after one of the ...
Nowadays, the use of this system is restricted to coastal waters only. Thus, warnings may be discontinued even if a cyclone is maintaining tropical storm intensity inland. Color-coded alerts (below) may be in effect independently of any two-stage warnings. Later, China Meteorological Administration standardized the system for national use. [15]
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's National Meteorological Centre on Sunday issued an alert for high temperatures as multiple regions across the country experience sweltering heat, while many southern ...