China is still struggling with blackouts. Now, floods in Shanxi have displaced close to two million people and shut down over 400 coal factories. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how China is stumbling from one crisis to the next.

Gravitas: China gripped by floods and blackouts

Authorities confirmed Monday that more than 300 people died in recent floods in central China, three times the number previously reported. According to the province administration of Henan, 302 people died and 50 are still missing.

Corpses afloat in car parks, tunnel: China floods death toll rises to 302

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced Beijing for taking a "hypocritical stance" after the Chinese authorities accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of broadcasting "fake news" while covering Henan floods.

RSF denounces China's 'hypocritical stance' after China calls BBC a 'bad-mouthing broadcasting corporation'

The United States is "deeply concerned with the increasingly harsh surveillance, harassment, and intimidation of US and other foreign journalists" covering recent floods in China's Henan province, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday (July 29).

US says it is concerned over harassment of media covering China floods

Chinese city picks through the debris after record rains kill 33

Undoubdetly, a mother's love is the greatest force in the world. A woman in China died while saving her baby from a mudslide as her home was flooded. The child was flung by her mother to a higher level, a family member identified as Mr Zhao told Southern Metropolis Daily.

China floods: Mother dies saving baby from mudslide in Henan

The storm in Central China has dumped almost a year's worth of rain in three days. In Henan, passengers were trapped inside a flooded subway. China sees severe flooding every year now. Is China's dam boom making it worse?

Gravitas: China Floods: Heaviest rain in 1,000 years leads to devastation

China has raised a red storm alert for four cities in the north of Henan -- Xinxiang, Anyang, Hebi, and Jiaozuo. The provincial weather bureau told state media it had issued a report warning of the coming torrential rains two days in advance.

Central China Floods: Death toll goes up to 33, thousands evacuated from Henan province

Heaviest rains in 1,000 years kill at least 25 people in China

Water levels at China's giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on Friday.

Water levels at China's Three Gorges near maximum after flooding rains

China's Yangtze river overflows leaving 100,000 and a heritage site affected!

Allegedly more than 2 million companies have shut down and millions have been forced to leave their homes due to floods. China could now be running short of food. Watch report.

China's flood of woes | 2.3 million companies shut down | World News

Floods on the upper reaches of China's Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site.

China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site

China's Sichuan province today raised flood emergency response to its highest as officials said the Yangtze river was flooding rapidly. Also Read: China's flood crisis deepens as several dams may collapse China's Yangtze river has been overflowing with several tributaries in the danger zone due to heavy rainfall forcing several thousand people to evacuate.

China on flood alert as Yangtze river overflows

In China, seasonal rains are common, where rivers overflow almost every year, leading to floods. However, this year's flooding in the country is one of the worst in decades, as per some estimates.

Understanding the impact and economic cost of floods in China

24+ provinces, 433 overflowing rivers, 23.8 million people affected & $12.3 billion in economic losses. China is witnessing its worst floods in decades. WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: 23.8 million people affected by China floods

Chinese regions as far apart as Sichuan in the southwest and Gansu in the northwest are at heightened risk of natural disasters in the coming days amid another round of torrential rain, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday.

China says more disasters expected as torrential rains continue

The dam at a small reservoir in China's Guangxi region gave way last month after days of heavy rain in a collapse that could be a harbinger of sterner tests for many of the country's 94,000 aging dams as the weather gets more extreme.

Dam collapse in China could be Black Swan event for 94,000 aging structures

China has been facing one disaster after another in 2020. The Wuhan virus is yet to slow down but China is staring at yet another crisis - worst floods in 30 years.

After virus, China faces worst floods in 30 years

China's record flooding season has raised concerns about the country's dams, most of which have not been reinforced for a long long time. Major dams built in the 1950 and 1960s are on the verge of collapse. Watch the WION report.

Flood alert raised to the highest level in China: Major dams discharge water

How China blew up dam to ease flood risk

As the torrential rains have caused the worst flooding in China in more than 30 years. It has destroyed homes and impacted the livelihood of millions of people. Wuhan has announced a red alert and asked its citizens to stay indoors. Watch report.

Massive blow to the Chinese economy after Pandemic: Hundreds dead in floods | World News

Floods in China: After pandemic Wuhan reels under floods

China on Sunday raised the flood alert level in the Huai River region in the country's east to Level II, after days of torrential downpours and amid expectations of further heavy rainfall.

China raises flood alert levels along Huai River

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