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 4356
Glide number: FL-2016-000044-CHN
Death: 60
Displaced: 67000
Countries: China
From - To 08 May - 21 Jun

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 436 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Chine : 59 morts et 13 disparus dans les inondations cette annéeSun, 15 May 2016 15:47:00 +0200.

BEIJING, 15 mai (Xinhua) -- Les inondations ont fait 59 morts et 13 disparus cette année, a-t-on appris du Centre de contrôle des inondations et de lutte contre la sécheresse. Environ 5,85 millions de personnes dans neuf régions provinciale
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Japanese language learning taking root in VietnamSun, 15 May 2016 06:45:00 +0200.

The article said Pham Quang Hung, a first secretary for educational affairs at the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo started studying Japanese at Foreign Trade University in Hanoi in 1994. He never imagined that Vietnamese children would one day
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Climate change: a serious issue for Pakistan 15-May-16 89Sun, 15 May 2016 03:23:00 +0200.

Climate Change is a serious global challenge. The impacts are being visible in the form of natural calamities and catastrophes, which is badly affecting human lives around the world. Deforestation, melting glaciers, rise in sea level and ra
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Almost 20 per cent of some 80 resolutions involve aboriginal ...Sat, 14 May 2016 18:33:00 +0200.

money.msn.com meldet: On opposite sides of the globe, two debates that will profoundly affect the future of the United States, and indeed the world, are raging . China's twilight years. One of them has become shrilly public, while the other
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