Severe flood hit China! Heavy rains in Shanxi

Natural disaster 11 October 2021. Severe flood hit China! Heavy rains in Shanxi

Chinese authorities have issued a level four emergency response as heavy flooding hit the provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

The China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management have sent a working team to the affected areas to help with disaster relief.

China has a four-tier flood control emergency response system, with level one being the most severe.

More than 2 million people in 76 counties in the northern province of Shanxi were affected by the floods, with 120,000 having been evacuated.

More than 17,000 houses collapsed and 190,000ha of farmland were damaged by the flooding, it said.

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