China Drought News

A southwestern part of China that has suffered scorching temperatures this month is now on alert for flooding amid days of torrential rain.

For almost a decade, farmer Qin Bin, 50, has toiled his plot, growing peaches and dragon fruits for sale to visiting tourists at his orchard on the outskirts of the Chinese megacity of Chongqing.

More than 40,000 people have been evacuated from China's southern island of Hainan ahead of the expected landfall of the year's first typhoon today, although it should help ease a severe drought, state media said.

The first typhoon of the year to hit China is expected to make landfall on or near the southern island of Hainan today, which should help ease a severe drought on the tourist centre and rubber producer, state news agency Xinhua said.

Persistent drought has caused widespread water shortages in central and north China, affecting more than 27.5 million people, according to official statistics.

A severe drought in China's central, eastern and southern provinces has affected nearly 35 million people and caused an economic loss of almost 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion), officials said.The National Meteorological Centre said the dry weather will continue over the next few days in the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan.The m...

Nearly 10 million people in China's central Hubei province, accounting for one-sixth of the country's population, have been hit by a severe drought that dried up water sources and destroyed thousands of hectares of crops.A survey conducted by the provincial civil affairs department showed that some 9.8 million people were reeling under the drought,...

China's longest river Yangtze has been plagued by a severe drought, as this year it received the lowest rainfall since 1961, said an official with the river's flood control and drought relief headquarters on Monday.The spring drought has affected Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with 40 to 60 ...

A southwestern part of China that has suffered scorching temperatures this month is now on alert for flooding amid days of torrential rain.

For almost a decade, farmer Qin Bin, 50, has toiled his plot, growing peaches and dragon fruits for sale to visiting tourists at his orchard on the outskirts of the Chinese megacity of Chongqing.

More than 40,000 people have been evacuated from China's southern island of Hainan ahead of the expected landfall of the year's first typhoon today, although it should help ease a severe drought, state media said.

The first typhoon of the year to hit China is expected to make landfall on or near the southern island of Hainan today, which should help ease a severe drought on the tourist centre and rubber producer, state news agency Xinhua said.

Persistent drought has caused widespread water shortages in central and north China, affecting more than 27.5 million people, according to official statistics.

A severe drought in China's central, eastern and southern provinces has affected nearly 35 million people and caused an economic loss of almost 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion), officials said.The National Meteorological Centre said the dry weather will continue over the next few days in the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan.The m...

Nearly 10 million people in China's central Hubei province, accounting for one-sixth of the country's population, have been hit by a severe drought that dried up water sources and destroyed thousands of hectares of crops.A survey conducted by the provincial civil affairs department showed that some 9.8 million people were reeling under the drought,...

China's longest river Yangtze has been plagued by a severe drought, as this year it received the lowest rainfall since 1961, said an official with the river's flood control and drought relief headquarters on Monday.The spring drought has affected Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with 40 to 60 ...