Overall Green alert Flood
in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 4143
Glide number: FL-2014-000062-CHN
Death: 1
Displaced: 10000
Countries: China
From - To 12 May - 16 May

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 13 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Scientists celebrate 10 years of images from FORMOSAT-2Wed, 14 May 2014 19:42:00 +0200.

Celebrating 10 years since FORMOSAT-2 — the first Earth observation satellite developed in Taiwan — was launched, the National Applied Research Laboratories’ National Space Organization (NSPO) said yesterday that a series of conferences and
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China's Yellow River warned of floodMon, 12 May 2014 17:39:00 +0200.

China's second longest river, the Yellow River, faces a growing possibility of flooding this year, said the river's flood control headquarters.
China's Yellow River warned of flood this yearMon, 12 May 2014 15:55:00 +0200.

ZHENGZHOU, May 12 (Xinhua) -- China's second longest river, the Yellow River, faces a growing possibility of flooding this year, said the river's flood control headquarters. Meteorological forecasts indicate that precipitation of the river
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Half a million affected as China braces for more downpoursMon, 12 May 2014 03:18:00 +0200.

Bikers ride in heavy rain in Shantou, south China's Guangdong province, May 11, 2014. A heavy rainstorm hit the city Sunday. (Xinhua/Yao Jun) More than half a million people have been affected by continuous torrential rains in southern and
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