Overall Red alert Flood for China
in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100932
Glide number: FL-2021-000083-CHN
Death: 110
Displaced: 2518000
Countries: China
From - To 20 Jun - 30 Jul

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China - Floods update (ECHO 03 Aug 2021)Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:14

  • The number of casualties following widespread floods in Zhengzhou and Xinxiangthe (Province of Henan) has increased, .
  • According to the People's Government of Henan Province, 302 people died (292 in Zhengzhou) and 50 are still missing. More than 1,470,000 people have been evacuated, about 14.5 million affected and 30,600 houses collapsed as a result.
  • Drier conditions are expected over the affected province on 3-4 August.
Shanxi Province, China, Late July 2021Xinhua news agency in China reported on 29 July that 2 people died and 1 is missing in flash floods caused by heavy rain in Taiyuan in Shanxi Province.Sat 31 Jul 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),