Overall Orange alert Flood
in China

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4185
Death: 44
Displaced: 121700
Countries: China
From - To 01 Sep - 08 Sep

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 23 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights severe flooding across Banglad ... Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:28:00 +0200.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Nepal, Thailand BANGLADESH According to the Disaster Management Information Centre, floods triggered by two weeks of intense rain have
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Bangladesh: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapsho ... Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:39:00 +0200.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Nepal, Thailand BANGLADESH According to the Disaster Management Information Centre, floods triggered by two weeks of intense rain have
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China's Three Gorges Dam releases huge torrent of water as it opens fo ... Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:25:00 +0200.

Torrential rainstorms battered southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, causing thousands of houses to collapse and forcing nearly 40,000 people to evacuate their homes.
China's Three Gorges Dam releases huge torrent of water as it opens fo ... Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:58:00 +0200.

Torrential rainstorms battered southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, causing thousands of houses to collapse and forcing nearly 40,000 people to evacuate their homes.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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