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August 6, 2025 2:26 PM

Monsoon peaks in south China, unleashing landslides, disease

Rescue crews raced on Wednesday to clear debris and flooded roads as southern China braced for more extreme rainfall and spreading infection after some of the worst downpours this century, brought by a peak in East Asian monsoon rains. Forecasters w...

July 30, 2025 3:43 PM

Shanghai relocates hundreds of thousands due to tropical storm

Shanghai relocated more than 280,000 people, halted hundreds of flights and ferry services and imposed speed limits on roads and railways on Wednesday as a tropical storm whipped eastern China with gales and heavy rain. Landfall by Co-May in the por...

July 23, 2025 1:49 PM

Record heat in China strains power grid, stirs health fears

China warned on Wednesday against the risk of power supply disruptions as people struggled to keep cool in record heat baking large swathes of the country, which also spurred warnings to the elderly to guard against heat stroke. Power supply suffers...

 

Last updated on: 8th Aug 2025