China: Xi stresses safety in fighting floods
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaYINCHUAN, July 20 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping has urged all-out efforts to control and fight floods, stressing that people's safety should be the top priority.Heavy...
View ArticleChina: China starts emergency response for flood-hit Henan
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- China issued a grade-IV emergency response on Friday following rainstorms and flooding across central China's Henan Province, which have left 15...
View ArticleChina: Rain brings chaos to NE Chinese province
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaSHENYANG, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Liaoning Province is experiencing its strongest rainfall of the year.Average precipitation in Liaoning reached 69 mm as of 3...
View ArticleChina: China to conduct geological disaster surveys in Xinjiang
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaSource: Xinhua 2016-07-31 21:02:32 URUMQI, July 31 (Xinhua) -- China will spend 36 million yuan (5.4 million U.S. dollars) on geological disaster surveys in the northwestern...
View ArticleChina: Officials warned not to conceal disasters
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Authorities must report natural disasters in a timely and exact manner, and those who conceal the truth will be punished, a ministerial official...
View ArticleChina: China activates emergency response for Typhoon Nida
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaGUANGZHOU, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday initiated emergency measures to prepare for the approaching Typhoon Nida.Authorities in the provinces of Guangdong, Guizhou,...
View ArticleChina: Typhoon Nida hits south China's Guangxi
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaNANNING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Nida hit south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday afternoon after making landfall at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday in the city of...
View ArticleChina: Natural disasters kill 612 in China in July
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Aug 10 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters left at least 612 people dead nationwide last month, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday.The most notable events in...
View ArticleChina: Typhoon Dianmu hits southern China
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaGUANGZHOU, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Dianmu landed in south China's Guangdong Province on Thursday afternoon, bringing torrential rain to much of the region.This year's...
View ArticleChina: China activates emergency response for Typhoon Meranti
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday morning initiated emergency response measures for the approaching Typhoon Meranti.Local authorities in the provinces of...
View ArticleChina: China on high alert as Typhoon Malakas approaches
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Marine forecasting authorities on Saturday gave an orange alert for waves and storms, as Typhoon Malakas skirted Taiwan and moved to the east...
View ArticleChina: 28 mln yuan allocated to typhoon-hit province for disaster relief
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner on Tuesday allocated 28 million yuan (4.2 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to typhoon-hit Zhejiang...
View ArticleChina: High alert for Typhoon Malakas continues
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecasters issued an orange alert for waves and a yellow alert for storms on Sunday as Typhoon Malakas moved along the east coast of...
View ArticleChina: China launches emergency measures for Typhoon Megi
Source: XinhuaCountry: China, China - Taiwan ProvinceBEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters activated a level III emergency response on Monday for the...
View ArticleChina: Typhoon Megi wreaks havoc in Zhejiang
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaEditor: huaxiaHANGZHOU, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Megi has wreaked havoc in east China's Zhejiang Province, causing huge economic losses.Megi, the 17th typhoon this year,...
View ArticleChina: Typhoon Megi leaves 10 dead, 29 missing in China
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Megi has claimed 10 lives in China and left another 29 missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Friday.Five deaths were...
View ArticleChina: China braces for Typhoon Sarika, Haima
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Sunday activated a level II emergency mechanism to cope with approaching Typhoon...
View ArticleChina: Typhoon Sarika makes landfall in south China, 500,000 evacuated
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaEditor: huaxiaHAIKOU, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year, made landfall in south China's Hainan Tuesday morning as torrential rain and gales...
View ArticleChina: China to relocate 1.4 mln people away from geological threats
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Some 400,000 families, or 1.4 million people, living in areas known to be geological disaster hot spots will be relocated, according to a...
View ArticleChina: Over 1.1 mln people affected by natural disasters in February: ministry
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters affected 1.15 million people in China in February, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday.Natural disasters led to...
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