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Detailed Locations:
Eastern, central and southern China - Yangtze basin
Zhejiang Province - Jinyun County - Lishui city.
Jiangxi Province - Xinjian county. Nanchang. Northern areas.
Sichuan Province - Chongqing, Ganzi, Aba, Guangyuan, Bazhong, Danba.
Jiangsu Province - Nanjing area
Hunan Province - Huaihua, Zhangjiajie
Hubei Province - Zigui, Wuhan area.
Shaanxi Province - Ningqiang County, Shaanxi
Guangxi Province -
Guizhou Province - Xishui district
Gansu Province - Zhang County
Rivers:
Yangtze River and tributaries:
Hunan - Lishui, Xiang, Li
Sichuan - Minjiang, Wujiang, Shouxi, Qinggan
Shaanxi - Hanjiang
Guizhou - Wujiang
Comments:
Widespread floods and landslides. Jiangxi: 7,000 people rescued
in Xinjian county. Sichuan: 20 dead, 14,000 houses destroyed in
landslides. Guangxi: 15 dead and at least 17 missing in floods.
Hunan: $ 217 million in economic losses. Guizhou: "mountain
torrent engulfed 24 people". Hubei: landslides kill 13, 7 missing.
July 4: 21 killed in landslides in Chongqing and Sichuan regions.
July 10 - middle reaches of Yangtze River exceed the flood warning
level . Yangtze tributary Lishui exceeds 1952 record levels at Jinshi.
July 12 - Landslides kill 51 in Danba, Sichuan. July 14 - first
major flood crest of Yangtze enters Jingjiang in Hubei Province,
the river level is one meter above "warning level". July
15 - Lake Poyang level rises above "alert lines". July
16 - Worst flooding since 1964 in parts of of Sichuan and Shaanxi
provinces. China total deaths this year from flooding and landslides:
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