Overall Orange Flood alert in China from 05 Jun 2014 00:00 UTC to 25 Jun 2014 23:59 UTC

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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 4155
Death:	14
Displaced:	337000
Countries:	China
From - To	05 Jun - 25 Jun

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Articles: 53 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Too much, too little: Water crises aboundSat, 21 Jun 2014 16:40:00 +0200.

After creeping slowly northward for weeks, the rainy season finally hit Tokyo earlier this month. And rain it has. For days on end the rain ...

Fujian relocates 28,000 in tropical storm alertMon, 16 Jun 2014 03:54:00 +0200.

South China's Fujian Province has relocated about 28,000 offshore staff to get them out of the path of the approaching tropical storm Hagibis, said provincial authorities on Sunday. The provincial weather bureau sounded the first typhoon al

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SE China braces for typhoonMon, 16 Jun 2014 03:54:00 +0200.

China initiated emergency response measures on Sunday as Hagibis, the first typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall on the country's east coast on Sunday. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters asked local authoriti

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NC should make wise water decisions in times of plentyMon, 16 Jun 2014 02:49:00 +0200.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a drought emergency in California as the state struggles with the least amount of rainfall in its 153-year history, reservoir levels fall and firefighters remain on high alert. "We are in

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