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BEIJING -China will speed up the reconstruction of destroyed houses in the countrys north and northeast and repair agricultural land to ensure those affected by recent record flooding can return to...

China raised its flood-control emergency response in the countrys northeastern regions to Level III on Sunday morning following severe rainstorms and flooding in North Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Northeast Chinas Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, as torrential rain caused by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri cost six lives in Jilins Shulan city and inundated large swaths of grain fields.

China is struggling with record-breaking rains in some areas while others suffer scorching summer heat and drought that threatens crops.

BEIJING (AP) – Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream yesterday prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia. Hebei province surrounding the capital Beijing on three sides issued alerts for […]

The death toll in Beijing and the neighboring province of Hebei rose to 22 after the body of a volunteer rescuer was found in a river. Another rescuer was declared dead Wednesday after a rubber boat flipped in a raging river.

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the countr...

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the countr...

Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the country's disaster relief systems struggling to contain the aftermath of one of the strongest storms in years. Almost 15,000 residents were moved out of the city of Shulan in corn-growing Jilin province, where one person was dead and four others missing, according to state media. Rain has fallen continuously in Shulan since Aug. 1, some areas getting 489mm of rainfall, five ...

The amount of rainfall since Saturday broke many local records in Beijing and northern China, with the vast Haihe river basin experiencing the worst flooding caused by storms since 1963 ...

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the countr...