Several floods struck

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starting in June 2021, most of them caused by heavy rainfalls in different areas. According to the

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, such heavy rains are frequently a result of climate change. The most notable floods being the

2021 Henan floods China's Henan Province experienced flooding between 17 and 31 July 2021 as a result of heavy rainfall. On July 20, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, recorded of rainfall within an hour, the highest ever figure recorded since measurements bega ...

, which left 398 dead or missing.

Heilongjiang

Since mid-June, water levels of Heilongjiang and Nenjiang rivers have been rising. Heilongjiang river, also known as the Amur across the border in Russia, also flooded Russia’s

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...

. As of 26 June, over 19,000 people had evacuated and 42,000 people were affected by the flooding in Daxinganling,

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and

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. Thousands of hectares of crops have been damaged.

Chongqing

Heavy rainfall was reported on 28 June 2021 in Chongqing municipality, forcing authorities to activate an emergency response system. From 26 to 28 August, heavy rains and floods have affected Qijiang District and Hechuan District, destroying 105 houses.

Guizhou

Heavy rains causing floods have led to the evacuation of 26,000 people and damaged 19,300 houses in Guizhou around 14 July 2021.

Sichuan

In July 2021, floods have affected more than 120,000 people and caused an estimated 176 million yuan (US$27 million) in damage. In

Dazhou Dazhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast corner of Sichuan province, China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Chongqing to the east and south. As of 2020 census, Dazhou was home to 5,385,422 inhabitants whom 1,850,869 lived in the ...

, thousands of people were evacuated due to floods and landslides. In

Bazhong Bazhong () is a prefecture-level city in north-eastern Sichuan province, China. Its population was 2,712,894 at the 2020 census whom 1,064,766 lived in Bazhou and Enyang urban districts. History Bazhong became a prefecture-level city in 1993. Its ...

27,000 homes were reported to be without power. On August 9, heavy rain in Sichuan forces evacuation of 80,000 people.

Shanxi & Hebei

On 12 July 2021, floods affected the

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area in

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, resulting in one person losing their life. The city of

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raised its heavy rain signal to the highest level. From 2 to 8 October, 2021, floodings in the province forced 120,000 people to be displaced and 60 coal mines to suspend operations. Landslides and floodings killed at least 15 people in the affected areas, including Taiyuan and the counties of Jincheng and Linfen. A dyke has breached in a section of Fenhe River, a major tributary of the Yellow River, in

Yuncheng Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and Shaan ...

. In Pingshan county of neighboring

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, 14 people were killed when a bus plunged into Hutuo river from a submerged road amid heavy flooding.

Inner Mongolia

On July 19, two dams collapsed near the city of

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, destroying bridges and farmlands. The Ministry of Water Resources said of rain fell on average in Hulunbuir over the weekend.

Henan

Since 17 July 2021,

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has been affected by severe flooding, causing by record-breaking rainfall.

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

and other cities were hit by severe floods leaving 398 people dead or missing.

Shaanxi

From 22 to 23 July, 2021, heavy rains triggered floods in

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, forcing the evacuation of more than 58,000 people. Since 28 August, heavy rains have caused floodings in parts of Shaanxi, affecting 74 counties. In

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, over 23,800 have to be relocated.

Typhoon In-fa

From July 25 to 26, rainfall and storm surge caused by Typhoon In-fa have resulted in floodings in Shanghai and

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. The floods caused severe disruptions in rail, air, and shipping transportation.

Hubei

Five cities in Hubei, including

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and

Xiaogan Xiaogan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some northwest of the provincial capital of Wuhan. According to the 2020 census, its population totaled 4,270,371, of whom 988,479 lived in the built ...

have declared red alerts after torrential rain forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people. Yicheng received record rainfall. In Liulin township of Suizhou, 21 people were killed.China cities declare rain 'red alerts' as flood death toll hits 21 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-cities-declare-rain-red-alerts-amid-power-cuts-floods-2021-08-13

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