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A satellite image shows Typhoon Dolphin approaching Japan’s Okinawa on August 6, 2026. By Friday morning, it was about 820km from China’s east coast. Photo: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA/Reuters
Mainland China

1,230 times the size of Hong Kong: China deploys drones as Typhoon Dolphin nears

Coastal provinces halt shipping and activities and evacuate fishermen as storm targets Zhejiang and Fujian.

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Video | Scary ride for children in runaway quad bike

Video | Qingdao warehouse fire darkens sky

Mainland China

7 face arrest after Inner Mongolia fatal blast report exposes string of failings

A report into the explosion that killed 10 people said poor maintenance and a lack of proper oversight had contributed to the accident.

Debris from the explosion was scattered over a wide area. Photo: Xinhua
Safety in China

China floods: large parts of country on alert as Gansu province death toll rises

Heavy rainfall is expected in many provinces over the coming days, with the authorities braced for the possible arrival of Typhoon Dolphin.

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Mainland China

Southwest China landslide death toll rises to 51 as search and rescue continues

The Chongqing disaster two weeks ago swept away several residential buildings and buried others in gigantic boulders and mud.

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On This Day | 1976 earthquake in China’s Tangshan kills over 240,000 people – SCMP archive

On this day 50 years ago, the deadliest earthquake in recorded history razed the mining town of Tangshan in China’s Hebei province.

Survivors search for their loved ones and belongings on July 30, 1976 among the ruins in Tangshan City after an earthquake struck the city in the early morning of July 28, 1976. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

China turns to public for help in deadly dam collapse probe after Typhoon Maysak

At least 26 people are known to have died in the disaster which occurred earlier this month in Guangxi amid torrential rainfall.

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Video | Ten campers killed by flash flood in northwest China

China Central Television identified the location of the flooding as the Shuangshimen Scenic Area, southwest of Beijing Alt option: The flooding took place in the Shuangshimen Scenic Area, a popular camping spot southwest of Beijing.

Trending in China

‘Farewell, hero’: China volunteer dies of heart failure after helping flood victims

Local reports reveal that Dang’s very last message to his father expressed his eager hope of returning to work soon.

A young Chengdu native cancelled his holiday to join flood relief efforts in Guangxi, tragically suffering fatal heart failure from exhaustion after a six-hour supply trek. Photo: scgchc.com
Mainland China

Typhoon Noul: Shenzhen girl, 6, blown away by gale, runs back to safety

The strongest storm to hit China so far this year made landfall some 55km from the spot.

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Typhoon Noul drags out a cot with a child inside in Shenzhen on Sunday. Photo: Handout
Taiwan

Typhoon Noul grounds 1,800 flights as southern China hit by heavy rainfall

Red rainstorm alert issued as country’s strongest typhoon so far this year causes severe disruption in tech hub Shenzhen and nearby cities.

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Video | Typhoon Noul makes landfall in southern China

The storm is the most powerful to make landfall east of the Pearl River Estuary in the past decade.

Weather

Rail and air services cancelled as southern China braces for Typhoon Noul

The third typhoon to hit the country this month is expected to make landfall overnight bringing heavy rains and strong winds.

Rail operators have started cancelling services in Guangdong. Photo: CCTV

China braces for up to 3 typhoons in wake of Bavi and Maysak

Latest possible storm is brewing east of the South China Sea and poses ‘complex and severe’ challenge, officials say.

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Drills on evacuating an underground facility are carried out during a typhoon survival training session in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
Trending in China

Chinese teenager lies to parents about holiday to secretly help flood victims

Shanghai student quietly spends pocket money on relief supplies and takes 13-hour journey to assist volunteers in disaster zone.

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AI: Geopolitics

Why the atmosphere could become the next geopolitical battleground

There is growing disquiet in several nations about how weather-manipulation tools are used in cross-border rivalries.

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Trending in China

Chinese man swims 3 hours clutching tyre to check on parents in flooded village

Following mother’s call about missing father, son and friend brave deep waters after 800 mm of rain falls on Qinzhou city.

A man in Guangxi, China, braved a three-hour swim using only a tyre to check on his parents during severe village flooding. Photo: SCMP composite/Xinhua/chengdu.cn
Extreme weather

Chinese rescuers race to reach residents trapped by landslide that has killed 8 people

Beijing allocates US$7.4 million for rescue and relief as equipment, including life search gear and slope radar, is sent to disaster zone.

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Trending in China

Video capturing Chinese firefighter eating in rain during flood relief goes viral

Liang Huan saluted for showing simple things still matter as he and his colleagues battle day and night to help residents cope with deluge.

Climate change

Opinion | Fire in Spain, floods in China, war in Iran are symptoms of polycrisis

Even as disasters in Spain and China dominate headlines, demand for defence and investment spending is crowding out climate mitigation.

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A firefighting vehicle drives by as smoke and flames rise during deadly wildfires affecting Almeria province in Alfaix, Spain, on July 10. Photo: Reuters
AI: Science

After floods kill dozens, local Chinese official uses AI to build evacuation app

For under US$5 in tokens, a Beijing civil servant has created an app to keep track of which families have been evacuated.

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This month, large parts of China have been inundated by a pair of typhoons which have killed dozens and damaged crops and infrastructure. Photo: AFP
Typhoon Bavi

China warns of more extreme weather as Bavi triggers rain, flooding

As northern regions log historic rainfall, experts caution that local storms are part of global chain of climate disasters.

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China technology

‘China’s real-life transformer’: new rescue tech used in dramatic flood evacuation

Rapid-deployment, heavy-duty pontoon barge deployed to ferry 6,000 stranded people from flooded college in southern China.

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Climate change

Editorial | As China invests in climate defence, private sector has role to play

The central government has allocated billions to climate resilience infrastructure, but the damage wrought by Typhoon Bavi shows more needs to be done.

People drag a fallen tree to clear a road after heavy rain and strong winds brought by Typhoon Bavi in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, on July 12. Photo: Reuters
Mainland China

Should heavy-duty drones be used to rescue China’s flood victims?

DJI says its drones should not be used to airlift people, but more lives could have been lost in Typhoon Maysak without the emergency tech.

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Photos and discussions about China’s recent use of heavy-duty drones to “airlift” villagers affected by flooding in Guangxi have gone viral. Photo: Weibo/ 小凡好摄
Typhoon Bavi

Fifa World Cup semi-finalists Argentina pledge donations to China’s flood victims

Reservoir collapse that left dozens dead prompts discussion of China’s ageing infrastructure, and how it fares amid new weather extremes.

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Typhoon Bavi

Schools and tourist sites closed as Typhoon Bavi heads through northern China

Emergency alerts are in place as flooding affects Liaoning and Hebei provinces, destroying roads and trapping residents.

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