Overall Orange alert Flood
in China

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4249
Glide number: FL-2015-000057-CHN
Death: 57
Displaced: 82000
Countries: China
From - To 13 May - 15 Jun

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 99 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

Floods, rain kill 108 people in ChinaThu, 02 Jul 2015 17:54:00 +0200.

Floods and heavy rain have killed more than 100 people and inflicted 35 billion yuan (HK$44 billion) in losses across the country so far this year, according to a report by a state-owned newspaper. And the downpours were forecast to continu
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Thousands of people killed by extreme weather in 2015 as El Nino arriv ... Wed, 01 Jul 2015 03:09:00 +0200.

Thousands of people have been killed by extreme weather so far this year and now scientists fear a weather event will cause droughts, wildfires, flooding, landslides and food shortages. Australian scientists have warned of a “substantial”
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Think Today's Refugee Crisis Is Bad? Climate Change Will Make It a Lot ... Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:31:00 +0200.

Last year was the worst year on record for refugees. The number of people fleeing war and persecution jumped to nearly 60 million, the highest figure since the United Nations' refugee agency began keeping records 50 years ago, and that does
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Think Today's Refugee Crisis is Bad? Climate Change Will Make it a Lot ... Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:30:00 +0200.

Last year was the worst year on record for refugees. The number of people fleeing war and persecution jumped to nearly 60 million, the highest figure since the United Nation's refugee agency began keeping records 50 years ago, and that does
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