BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has sent nearly 400 rescuers to Beijing as recent rainstorms have caused flood and geological disasters in the capital city.
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Xi orders all-out rescue of people missing, trapped in floods, geological disasters
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday demanded all-out search and rescue of the people missing or trapped in floods and geological disasters in an instruction on the work
Beijing issues red alert for heavy rain
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — Beijing on Saturday evening issued a red alert for rainstorms, as heavy rains brought by Typhoon Doksuri are expected to pound the Chinese capital and vast areas in the no
China allocates 320 mln yuan for flood prevention, disaster relief
BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) — China earmarked 320 million yuan (about 44.46 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday from its central natural-disaster relief funds to support flood and geological disaster rel
China battling extreme weather as rains take toll
Members from the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, transfer a flood-trapped resident in Wanzhou District, southwest China\’s Chongqing, July 4, 2023. (Photo by Feng Tao/Xinhua)
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15 dead, 4 missing due to torrential rains in China\’s Chongqing
CHONGQING, July 5 (Xinhua) — The latest round of torrential rains since Monday had killed 15 people and left four others missing in southwest China\’s Chongqing Municipality as of 7 a.m. Wednesday, lo
China launches emergency response in flood-hit Chongqing
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday launched a Level IV emergency response for disaster relief as heavy rains caused floods and geological disasters in southwest China\’s megacit
North China sizzles under heatwaves, south tormented by heavy rains
China has been experiencing heavy rainfalls in its southern region and unusually high temperatures in the northern region recently. Chinese experts said the country needs to make scientific plans and
National park project boosts desert biodiversity in China\’s Xinjiang
URUMQI, June 25 (Xinhua) — Amid the heat of summer, a herd of Przewalski\’s horses roams among the low desert hills of the Karamaile Mountain Nature Reserve in northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonom
Scenery of earth forest in Zanda County, SW China\’s Tibet
This photo taken on May 25, 2023 shows the rainy landscape of earth forest in Zanda County, southwest China\’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Zanda is famous for the unique landscape of earth forest, which w