Over 80,000 people flee severe flooding in southwest China
- 25-Jun-2025
SHANGHAI, China: Flooding in China’s southwest has driven more than 80,000 people from their homes, state media said on Wednesday, as a collapsed bridge forced the dramatic rescue of a truck driver left dangling over the edge. China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heat waves scorching wide swaths of the country while […]
Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 43
- 25-Jan-2024
BEIJING: The death toll from a landslide that struck in China’s rugged southwest rose to 43 on Thursday, state media said, leaving just one victim still missing under the debris. The landslide, which occurred in Yunnan province’s Zhenxiong county before dawn on Monday, buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people. […]