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China Red Cross collects over 200 million yuan in 2002
BEIJING, Dec 24, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The China Red Cross Society (CRCS) has collected more than 200 million yuan (24 million US dollars) for flood relief this year, among which domestic...
China Appeal No. 01.66/2003
The third largest and the most populous country in the world is divided into twenty-three provinces (including Taiwan), four municipalities, five autonomous3 regions and two special administrative...
China: Natural disasters cost Yunnan 4.1 billion yuan in 2002
KUNMING, Dec 4, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The large number of floods, mudslides and landslides resulting from heavy rainfall this year have been costly for southwest China's Yunnan Province,...
Commission provides humanitarian aid worth EUR 1.72 million for China
IP/02/1503 Brussels, 17 October 2002 - The European Commission has adopted a humanitarian aid decision worth €1.72 million to help victims of flooding in the Guangxi, Hunan and Yunan provinces of...
China: More government funding to help China flood victims
World Vision has received a second funding of US$256,246 from the Disaster Relief Fund of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, in additional to its prior grant of...
More government funding to help China flood victims
World Vision has received a second fund of US$256,246 from the Disaster Relief Fund of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, in additional to its prior grant of US$172,966...
China: Beijingers donate 4.7 million yuan to disaster areas
BEIJING, Sept 16, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Beijing Red Cross Society donated 4.7 million yuan (570,000 US dollars) Monday to 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities affected by...
25 dead in torrential storm in east China
NANCHANG, Sept 16, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - The death toll from flooding and landslides caused by torrential storm Hagupit has risen to 25 in Suichuan County of Jiangxi Province, east China. Around...
23 missing at sea after storm hits south China
Beijing (dpa) - A tropical storm wrecked 20 boats and left at least 23 missing at sea after it hit southern China overnight, officials said on Friday. By Friday afternoon marine rescue services had...
Tropical storm batters south China coast
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Heavy rain and strong winds pummeled parts of the south China coast on Thursday as a tropical storm made landfall west of Hong Kong. By noon, tropical storm Hagupit was menacing...
China: Catastrophe averted in Yangtze flooding
WUHAN, Sept 12, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A major flooding disaster along China's longest river, the Yangtze, was successfully averted this year despite water levels similar to the catastrophic...
Human beings must live in harmony with floods: experts
BEIJING, Sept 11, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Mankind should work to be in tune with floodwater in the 21st century, Chinese and foreign water experts said here Wednesday at the second International...
Relief operation underway in disaster prone China
Written by Mason Anderson, DisasterRelief.org Extreme weather that has plagued China for more than two months has left the country experiencing one of the most severe flood years since 1998. At least...
World's largest dam withstands Yangtze floodwaters
WUHAN, Sept 5, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) The gigantic Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest, has survived unscathed China's battle this summer against what was nearly its worst ever floods on its...
Flood-zone farmers better off by returning land to lake
CHANGSHA, Sep 5, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- They lost all their ancestral assets -- rice paddies, fish ponds and even houses, but their income nearly tripled in three years. More importantly, they...
China: Flash Floods Appeal No. 16/02 Operations Update No. 4
This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest...
Relief effort continues in China
By Angel Sung, World Vision China China: As the water level in Lake Dongting, Hunan, recedes, World Vision relief team continues to prepare for new relief distribution and conduct new assessments in...
Hong Kong Red Cross China Flood Relief Report (12)
Hong Kong Red Cross donates another RMB 5 Millions to 8 Provinces and distributes 600 metric tons of Rice in Guangxi To meet the needs of flood victims, who have lost their homes and properties, in...
China: Relief efforts continue, new assessments carried out
With receding water levels the situation at Lake Dongting seems to have stabilized in the past two days and many people believe the threat of floods is easing. However, according to new government...