Overall Orange Flood
in China

Event summary

Flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1104081
Glide number: FL-2026-000148-CHN
Death: 0
Displaced: 237338
Countries: China
From - To 31 Jul - 13 Aug

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Typhoon Dolphin, Hubei Province, China, August 2026Heavy rain associated with Typhoon Dolphin caused flooding in Hubei Province, China, from 11 August 2026.Tue 11 Aug 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Size, bands, repeat, combine: UNIGE volunteer leader’s reflection on t.. 8/12/2026 1:10:00 PM.

As someone who worked at the GEO Secretariat until 2023, it was great to be back three years later with a fantastic team of UNIGE volunteers at the GEO Symposium 2026, and for what concerns this blog post, supporting an Open Data and Open K
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Typhoon Dolphin Path Update: Where Is the Storm Now as Heavy Rain Thre.. 8/12/2026 12:22:00 PM.

Although the storm weakened to tropical depression level before making landfall in Zhejiang on Aug. 9, it managed to retain enough moisture to create a risk of dangerous rain several hundred miles off the coast. Dolphin''s inland impact ill
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Yellow River hasn''t run dry since 1999: Ministry 8/12/2026 11:33:00 AM.

China''s Yellow River has consistently maintained year-round flow since 1999 as unified water regulation has helped prevent dry-ups along its main course, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources said. At 8
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In Beijing, tourist sites have been closed and shuttle bus services su.. 8/12/2026 10:22:00 AM.

Published on: 2026-08-12. Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation. An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Beijing, August 12 /Xinhua/ — Due to heavy rains on Wednesday, tourist sites in the Chinese capital were c
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),