


The extreme weather has killed 33 people, displaced 250,000, and caused widespread disruption. Modern Asian Studies, 47 (2013), pp.820-50. Unusually heavy rains engulfed roads and bridges, flooding towns and cities in central China. Flooding was a perennial problem faced by those living in the Yangzi region. Local governments have relocated over 5,200 residents and tourists to get them out of the way of potential geological disasters. The ultimate cause of the 1931 Central China Flood lay in the long-term interaction between human communities and river basins. Strong rain has affected more than 508,000 people in southwest China\'s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, local authorities said Wednesday (10 July 2013).ĭirect economic losses are estimated at 768 million yuan (125.18 million U.S. 2013 Sudan floods: August 187 Pakistan, Afghanistan: 2013 PakistanAfghanistan floods: August 10 85 China, Russia: 2013 ChinaRussia floods: July September 201 India: 2013 Bihar flood: July 3 September 73 China: 2013 Southwest China floods: August December 405 Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar: 2013. Two people have died and 21 others are missing after a rainstorm-triggered landslide in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province on Wednesday morning (10 July 2013). The death toll from the floods in Chinas central Henan province last month has risen sharply to at least 302, officials have confirmed.

Peoples Republic of China, UNESCO, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and a number of. The death toll from a landslide in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province has risen to 18. What are the best practice approaches to flood risk management. The death toll from a landslide in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province has risen to 43 China sets new record for rising sea levels, how will its cities cope Rescue underway as flood batters southwest Chinas Sichuan province Now playing Next. An order to shut down the line came at 18:10 local time (10:10 GMT) so the evacuation could begin, Zhengzhou government officials said in a statement. An estimated 6 million lives were disrupted by the floods. At least 73 people were killed as a result of the flooding, with 180 people missing. A total of 58 people died and 175 others were missing in rainstorm-triggered floods and a major geological disaster last week in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province, said the Sichuan provincial government on Tuesday (16 July 2013). In July 2013, much of southwest China experienced heavy rainfall that led to widespread flooding.
