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Accidents, extreme weather and disasters in China

Accidents, extreme weather and disasters in China
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Waves generated by Typhoon Champi hit Badouzi Fishing Port in Keelung, Taiwan, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan

Typhoon Champi grounds hundreds of Taiwan flights, threatens Shanghai and Japan

Taiwan’s largest airports face large-scale flight cancellations, and 14 airports across eastern mainland China are projected to be affected.

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Video | Rescuers pull survivors from rubble after Tibet earthquake

Video | At least 16 dead after magnitude 7 quake hits China’s Tibet

China-Japan relations

Chinese state media takes aim at Japanese firm KDDI over Mongolia wildfire

Outlets say the telecoms operator owes China an apology over the grassland blaze that reportedly started after a company vehicle caught fire.

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Firefighters patrol in the border area of China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on October 12, as the wildfire rages in Mongolia. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

China’s Xi Jinping orders urgent relief after Tibet earthquake leaves 16 dead

Rescuers race to mountainous Baqing county where 300 homes have collapsed in the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck on Thursday night.

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Mainland China

Strongest storm of the year barrels towards Taiwan and mainland China

With Super Typhoon Champi approaching, authorities plan evacuations and urge those in its path to get ready.

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Mongolia

Vehicle may have sparked Mongolia wildfire, putting China rescuers on high alert

3,400 emergency personnel deployed to the Chinese side of the border to combat the latest environmental threat from its neighbour.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a grassland fire at the border area in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Monday. Photo: Xinhua
2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Opinion | What the China-Nepal floods teach us about crisis communication

In an unfolding disaster, families need quick, practical updates and journalists need access the moment safety allows.

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Nepal

Nepal flood survivor says rescue efforts must continue

Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water for 10 days while praying for rescue.

Trending in China

China influencer exposed over fake US$150,000 flood gift; Red Cross finds only 15 cents

If proven to have exploited a public welfare event for self-promotion or falsified donation documents, influencer could face legal consequences.

A Chinese influencer claimed to have donated 1 million yuan (US$150,000) for the Guangxi floods, but the Red Cross found only a one-yuan gift. Photo: Xinhua
China energy security

In Focus | Chinese coal mine gets hi-tech, green makeover with autonomous electric trucks

The deployment of self-driving vehicles, now past the pilot stage, has improved safety, efficiency and operating costs, mine manager says.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

25 dead after fire breaks out on foreign-flagged cargo ship in China’s Qingdao

The vessel was docked for repairs, CCTV report says, as President Xi Jinping orders preventive measures tightened.

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

In Gyirong Port, small items speak of the human cost of the China-Nepal disaster

In the ruins of a bustling border crossing, the search goes on for signs of the lives that were swept away on that devastating day.

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Video | Foreign media allowed in China’s Gyirong Port for first time since disaster

993 pieces of personal belongings have been recovered by Chinese authorities following the Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse, which unleashed a flow of ice, water, rocks and mud that travelled 22km (14 miles) in 7 minutes.

993 pieces of personal belongings have been recovered by Chinese authorities following the Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse, which unleashed a flow of ice, water, rocks and mud that travelled 22km (14 miles) in 7 minutes
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Trending in China

Junior Chinese customs officer killed in mudslide 4 days into job deeply moves public

Her younger sister shares a touching memory online, recalling Li’s promise to take parents to Beijing during next Spring Festival holiday.

The heartbreaking tale of a junior customs officer, Li Leiyang, who tragically lost her life in the recent mudslide at the China-Nepal border just four days into her new role, has deeply affected the public. Photo: SCMP composite/Sina
Mainland China

Typhoon Saudel: days of flooding trigger fatal landslide in central China

At least one person is dead and 11 are missing after the disaster struck a town in Suichuan county early on Saturday.

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Mainland China

How natural disasters are putting China’s neighbourhood diplomacy to the test

Sudden Himalayan mudslides and Southeast Asian flooding potentially trigger diplomatic friction and highlight need to boost warning systems.

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Video | Typhoon Saudel destroys house in China’s Fujian

Saudel has been downgraded to a low pressure system, but heavy rain is still in the local forecast.

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Video | ‘Revived’ Typhoon Saudel wreaks havoc in China

The typhoon has made landfall in China three times, most recently in the southeastern province of Fujian.

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Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount

Experts find downstream erosion is critical to scale of destruction as death toll continues to rise from China-Nepal landslide and floods.

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Travel

Air China Boeing 747 grounded in New York following gate refuelling incident

Beijing-bound Boeing 747-8 inspected after fuel truck reportedly tears lines from wing ports at JFK.

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Video taken at JFK airport shows a reported fuel leak from a Boeing 747-8 operated by Air China on August 31. Witnesses say the fuel truck moved away while two hoses were still connected to the plane. Photo: Weibo
Science

China-Nepal floods: first research shows no one could have outrun debris flow

First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when it struck a border crossing in Tibet.

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The mudflow was travelling at around 19 metres per second when it struck the Gyirong border crossing. Photo: Handout
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Glacier risk hangs over China-Nepal border as region remembers mudslide victims

Emergency crews and residents stop to commemorate the more than 1,000 dead in last week’s disaster.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong tycoon empires, foundations vow 30m yuan for China-Nepal flood relief

Li Ka-shing and business empire, along with Henderson Land Development and Lee Shau Kee Foundation provide help after Nepal-Tibet disaster.

Guangzhou

‘Unprecedented’ path: revived Typhoon Saudel eastern and southern China

Heavy to torrential rain is forecast over the next three days, with authorities warning of floods, landslides and mudslides.

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Officials inspect draining pipes in Fuding in China’s southeastern Fujian province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
2026 China-Nepal flash floods

China warns of ‘major’ glacier collapse risk as landslide death toll nears 1,000

Rescue teams continues their efforts to reach the Gyirong Port border crossing as bad weather is forecast over the coming days.

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Firefighters and sniffer dogs conduct a search for missing people along a road leading towards Gyirong Port following a mudslide in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet autonomous region, China on August 30, 2026. Photo: via Reuters
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Opinion | Why Nepal-China floods are more than a natural disaster

While the solidarity on display in the wake of the disaster is commendable, the tragedy must not be viewed as an unpredictable, unpreventable act of nature.

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Nepal

China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners missing in Tibet, online rumours targeted

Nepalese and Indians account for more than half of nationals from 23 countries missing after devastating glacier collapse four days ago.

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