Natural Disasters Cost China $13 Billion in January-June October 22, 2024 By Liz Lee Natural disasters such as flooding, drought and extreme temperatures cost China 93.16 billion yuan ($12.83 billion) in the first half...
Natural Disasters Cost China $13 Billion in January-June July 15, 2024 By Liz Lee Natural disasters such as flooding, drought and extreme temperatures cost China 93.16 billion yuan ($12.83 billion) in the first half...
What Are China’s ‘Sponge Cities’ and Why Aren’t They Stopping Urban Floods? August 15, 2023 By David Stanway China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well...
Beijing Hit With Heaviest Rainfall in at Least 140 Years August 3, 2023 By Andy Wong and Huizhong Wu China`s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days. The city recorded...
Rain Pelts Beijing, Northern China, Causing Floods and Claiming at Least 11 Lives August 1, 2023 Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities on Tuesday as a weakening typhoon brought non-stop...
China’s Drought-Hit Regions Now Face Heavy Rains, Flooding August 30, 2022 More than 100,000 people have been moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a...
China Launches Disaster Insurance Trials in 6 Cities Affected by Floods in 2021 June 28, 2022 China’s third-most populous province Henan will launch pilot programs for catastrophe insurance in six cities that were the hardest hit...
Flood Alert in China’s Manufacturing Hub at Highest Level June 24, 2022 China’s manufacturing hub of Guangdong raised its flood warning to the highest level due to the worst rains in decades,...
Historic Levels of Rainfall Cause Floods in Central China, Killing at Least 10 June 10, 2022 At least 10 people have been killed and three are missing in flooding in the central Chinese province of Hunan,...
European Floods in Mid-July Cost Insurers $12B, Topping Non-U.S. Events in 2021 January 4, 2022 The most significant non-U.S. loss event in 2021 was the mid-July flooding in Western Europe, according to CRESTA, the Zurich-based...