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The summer was also characterized by extreme cyclonic activity. In July of that year alone, nine cyclones hit the region, which was significantly above the average of two per year. [ 8 ] Four weather stations along the Yangtze River reported rain totalling over 600 mm (24 in) for the month. [ 8 ]
A major drought in 2001 resulted in China losing 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of crops as well as reducing water supply for “33 million rural people and 22 million livestock.” [35] There may be a big impact on the spatial and temporal distribution in China's water resources, increasing extreme weather events and natural disasters. [29]
In August 1931, China experienced heavy rains and the Yangtze River flooded again. This created one of the deadliest natural disasters in known history. The number of people killed in the 1931 China floods was difficult to determine with official estimates ranging from 140,000 to 3 million people. The devastation of the 1931 flood was made ...
This category includes historic weather events which have occurred in China. This category includes floods caused by rain, but not floods caused simply by dam failures. For non-weather related events, see Category:Disasters in China
BEIJING (Reuters) -Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China's ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and ...
The People's Republic of China established a National Earthquake Administration in 1971 to take charge of monitoring, research, and emergency response for earthquakes. It was renamed China Earthquake Administration (CEA) in 1998, mandated by the Earthquake prevention and Disaster Reduction Act of PRC [4] under the State Council. Each provincial ...
China’s government has mounted a top-down effort to revamp how the country responds to extreme weather in recent years after 2021 floods in Henan’s Zhengzhou killed more than 300 people. And ...
Extreme weather is increasing in frequency and intensity — and can be scary, especially for young people. Experts explain how to talk to kids about heat waves, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes ...