HANOI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains and flooding triggered by Typhoon Wutip have left seven people dead and caused extensive agricultural and property damage in central Vietnam, the Vietnam News ...

CAPE TOWN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from devastating floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province has risen to 90, as recovery operations continue to make progress in the affected areas, ...

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BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- China has earmarked 40 million yuan (about 5.57 million U.S. dollars) from the central government funding to support emergency rescue and disaster relief efforts in Hainan ...

The death toll from the devastating floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province has climbed to 86, a senior government ...

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China has a four-tier emergency response system for flood control, with Level I being the most severe.

据中国气象局消息，西藏自治区班戈国家基本气象观测站日前成功施放首个北斗导航探空气球，标志着世界海拔最高的北斗探空高空气象观测站（以下简称“北斗探空站”）建成。 A meteorological balloon featuring BeiDou navigation was recently launched at a national meteorological ...

新华社北京7月28日电（记者 周圆、王聿昊）记者28日从应急管理部获悉，应急管理部当日启动针对湖南的国家地质灾害四级应急响应，并派出工作组赶赴衡阳市南岳区山体滑坡现场指导人员搜救、监测预警、抢险救援等工作。 28日8时许，因山洪引发山体滑坡 ...

周二，洪水淹没了中国南部广西壮族自治区桂林市全州县的低洼地区。 Costfoto/NurPhoto, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 上周末到本周二，暴雨袭击中国南方，引发山体滑坡，河流决堤导致道路塌陷，房屋倒塌。 在福建和邻近的中国人口第一大省广东，山体滑坡和 ...

China has earmarked 1 billion yuan to offset losses in areas in the Haihe River Basin inundated recently for flood storage purposes, according to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Water ...

新华社北京1月21日电 记者从应急管理部获悉：日前，国务院常务会议听取了河南郑州“7·20”特大暴雨灾害调查情况的汇报，并审议通过了河南郑州“7·20”特大暴雨灾害调查报告。经国务院调查组调查认定，河南郑州“7·20”特大暴雨灾害是一场因极端暴雨导致 ...