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China: Floods kill 63 this month
GUANGZHOU, China - Soldiers scrambled to shore up soggy levies with sandbags Tuesday in southern China as forecasters warned that more heavy rain in the central region could trigger flooding on the country's second-longest river.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood Source:(AP)
2008-06-17
Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region
BEIJING (AFP) - Tens of thousands of victims of China's earthquake were evacuated Monday as torrential rain lashed the region, triggering flood warnings on major rivers including the Yangtze and the Pearl.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood 2008 China Earthquake Source:(AFP)
2008-06-16
Rainstorms kill 12, affect millions in southern China
BEIJING -- A dozen people were killed and millions were affected as rainstorms continued to lash south China over the past two days, local authorities said on Friday.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood Source:(China Daily)
2008-06-15
Drought in Northern China Takes Toll
BEIJING -- While parts of China have been rocked by record snowfalls this winter, a drought in northern China has left more than 2 million people without sufficient drinking water, a state news agency said.
Nations:China
2008-02-25
The Yellow River, "China's sorrow", in troubled times
The Yellow River has traditionally been called "China's sorrow" and for Li Xiaoqiang, the grief strikes particularly close to home.
Nations:China
2008-02-01
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- China: Floods kill 63 this month 2008-06-17
- Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region 2008-06-16
- Rainstorms kill 12, affect millions in southern China 2008-06-15
- Drought in Northern China Takes Toll 2008-02-25
- The Yellow River, "China's sorrow", in troubled times 2008-02-01
- Parts of China's Yangtze at lowest level in 140 years 2008-01-17
- Ship with toxic load sinking on China's Yangtze river 2007-12-14
- China: Three Gorges impact not that bad 2007-11-22
- As China's mega dam rises, so do strains and fear 2007-11-14
- Massive pollution in Yangtze river can be reversed: scientists 2007-11-03
- Chinese seabird on verge of extinction 2007-09-21
- Fears for biodiversity in China's Yangtze river 2007-09-18
- Gorillas now 'critically endangered' 2007-09-13
- Dolphin thought extinct spotted in China 2007-08-29
- Dolphin Species Goes Extinct Due to Humans 2007-08-08
- China floods kill 32, Yangtze is rising 2007-07-26
- Loose dykes spur China flood fears as hundreds die 2007-07-24
- China's vital wetlands shrinking due to climate change 2007-07-16
- China's premier orders lake algae probe 2007-06-12
- Chinese demand drives global deforestation 2007-06-12
- Millions suffer as storms in China kill at least 23 2007-06-09
- China's environment continues to worsen 2007-05-23
- China's Yangtze river in peril 2007-04-15
- Man ends 9-week, 3,272-mile Amazon swim 2007-04-07
- WWF says pollution, dams threaten rivers 2007-03-19
- China to keep looking for likely extinct dolphin 2006-12-17
- Rare white dolphin declared as extinct 2006-12-14
- Alligator soup raises eyebrows in China 2006-12-02
- China drought leaves 17 million without water: media 2006-08-13
- China's third-largest dam gets go-ahead 2006-06-06
- 29 dead, 100,000 evacuated as rains drench southern China 2006-06-03
- Pollution turning China's Yangtze river "cancerous" 2006-05-30
- 300 Million Chinese Drink Unsafe Water 2005-12-29
- China evacuates 13,000 from rising flood waters 2005-10-03
- Pollution plagues China's giant irrigation scheme 2005-03-22
- Slovenian breaks record swimming China's Yangtze 2004-07-31
- Yangtze River's water level begins to rise 2003-03-10
- China says Yangtze river floods likely 2002-05-16
- China Plans to Reroute Part of River 2001-09-10
- China to start huge water diversion plan in 2002 2001-01-16
- Chinese City To Relocate 50,000 2000-12-15
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