China is in the middle of its peak flood season, which runs from mid-July to mid-August, and Chinese policymakers have repeatedly warned that the government needs to step up disaster preparations ...

China’s deadliest and most destructive floods in recent history were in 1998, when 4,150 people died, most of them along the Yangtze River. In 2021, more than 300 people died in the central ...

China is no ... town engulfed by a flood to save Beijing Wan, who wished to reveal only his last name, lives in Beijing but was alerted to a distress message on WeChat on 2 August.