Overall Orange Flood in China from 08 May 2012 00:00 UTC to 16 May 2012 23:59 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 3926
Death:	53
Displaced:	185000
Countries:	China
From - To	08 May - 16 May

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Latest media headlines

China is world’s key flood risk: insurance company 5/15/2012 6:42:00 PM.

China tops the world ranking in terms of flood risk, followed by other emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia and India, because of their fast economic growth and corresponding increase in flooding exposure in recent years, a report by S

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China: Drought causes water, food shortages 5/15/2012 8:12:00 AM.

Source: World Vision Country: China By Anita Zhao As southern China continues its third year of drought, families and villages share the hardships. Three-and-a-half-year-old Xueyun and her 2-year-old brother live with their grandparents and

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Heavy downpours kill 7 in south China, thousands evacuated 5/15/2012 5:34:00 AM.

Torrential downpours have ravaged parts of southern China this month, triggering floods, damaging buildings and farmland and claiming tens of lives so far. The heavy rainfall is expected to subside i .....

Heavy downpours to subside in south 5/15/2012 1:50:00 AM.

Torrential downpours have ravaged parts of southern China this month, triggering floods, damaging buildings and farmland and claiming tens of lives so far.

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