BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains have battered multiple parts of China, triggering road collapses, resident evacuations and heightened flood risks, as authorities raised emergency response ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. states of New York and New Jersey on Thursday declared a state of emergency for areas under flash flood warnings, as heavy rain slammed the East Coast, threatened ...

BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control in Beijing.