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The National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR), Chinas newly integrated financial regulator, has asked insurance companies to accelerate payment of claims related to the recent torrential rains in multiple places across the country.

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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.

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 60 percent of the 270 flood-affected villages in Beijing's districts including Fangshan, Mentougou, and Changping have restored power supply, said State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company on Sunday.

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 […]

AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. BEIJING - For years, Gao enjoyed a big apartment in scenic west Beijing and an E-Class Mercedes-Benz. He lost it all this week as a result of the most extreme rainfall to hit the...

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...