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Devastating Floods Highlight Beijing’s Water Problems
Sometimes Beijing also has too much water. Roughly 70 percent of the capital’s rainfall comes in the summer, especially in July. Agricultural and irrigation changes over centuries have left Beijing unusually vulnerable to summer flooding, with many lakes destroyed and new crops resulting in the removal of protective vegetation.
Days of torrential rain have killed at least 30 people in the northern outskirts of Beijing, state media reported Tuesday, as ...
At least 30 people have died in Beijing, as heavy rains and flooding ravaged roads and houses in northern China. Recovery ...
China has recently allocated more than one billion yuan ($139.1 million) to capital Beijing and several other areas to ...
Beijing officials say a group of older people trapped in a nursing home that flooded were among the dead in powerful storms ...
At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy ...
Beijing had evacuated more than 70,000 residents by Monday afternoon and warned others to brace for a new round of heavy ...
The husband, still standing in the water, assured rescuers he was fine and could swim, asking them to prioritize his wife's ...
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu covers the latest reports from the ongoing mass flooding across parts of ...
Heavy rains prompted flood warnings as a landslide killed at least 4 people, forcing thousands to evacuate as rising waters ...
Beijing on Monday warned residents in its mountainous suburbs to brace for another round of heavy rainfall, a week after ...
BEIJING -- China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Monday elevated its emergency response to flooding ...
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