Overall Orange Flood in China from 09 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC to 16 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Flood

in China

Event summary

Flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 3949
Death:	58
Displaced:	140000
Countries:	China
From - To	09 Jul - 25 Jul

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Latest media headlines

40,800 relocated as flooding hits Yellow River 7/28/2012 1:28:00 PM.

China has relocated 40,800 residents in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, as the year's first flood peak hit the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

40,800 residents relocated as flooding hits Yellow River 7/28/2012 11:22:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- China has relocated 40,800 residents in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, as the year's first flood peak hit the middle reaches of the Yellow River, flood control authorities said Saturday. Caused by recent torrenti

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The night of luck and sorrow 7/28/2012 12:41:00 AM.

"The water was almost this high," says Mr Qin, pointing to the roof of his Volkswagen Bora, which remains stuck in the mud on a roadside near the village of Wajing about 40 kilometres from downtown Beijing.

Floods: China Obscures Death-Toll Statistics 7/27/2012 6:35:00 PM.

Chinese officials announced that the death toll from recent floods in Beijing was 77, not the earlier reported 37. Despite the authorities' recent pledges of openness, an instinct to tightly control information remains in the authoritarian

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