{
  "id": 34123,
  "title": "China floods: large parts of country remain on alert as Gansu province death toll rises",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/china-floods-large-parts-of-country-remain-on-alert-as-gansu-province",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T06:58:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3362695/china-floods-large-parts-country-remain-alert-gansu-province-death-toll-rises"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "China has raised the death toll from recent flash floods in the northwestern province of Gansu, with the death toll in Weiyuan county rising from 10 to 25 following the July 26 incident, which left 23 others injured. The National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief has called for an investigation into the event and an improvement in emergency response measures. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall has continued across many parts of the country, prompting the Ministry of Water Resources to activate a level 4 emergency flood control response for Heilongjiang province on Saturday. Level 4 alerts are also in place in other areas, including Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan, and Hubei. In Heilongjiang, 19 rivers have flooded, with some water levels exceeding warning thresholds by up to 1.3 meters. Over 11,000 disaster relief items, including blankets and emergency kits, have been sent to Heilongjiang and neighboring Jilin province for local relief efforts. Forecasters predict continued rain across northern, central, and southwestern China, with moderate to heavy rain expected in the northeast from Monday to Friday. This comes after three typhoons struck within weeks, with the latest, Typhoon Noul, causing the evacuation of nearly 900,000 people and triggering flash flood warnings. Authorities are now preparing for Typhoon Dolphin, which could make landfall within two weeks. China is working on improving its AI-powered weather forecasting system, which uses atmospheric dynamics to make more accurate predictions, outperforming global systems for medium and long-term forecasts while using fewer computing resources.",
  "summary": "China increased the death toll caused by flash flooding in the northwestern province of Gansu last week as large parts of the country continued to battle the impact of heavy rainfall and swollen rivers. On Sunday, the state news agency Xinhua said the death toll in Gansu’s Weiyuan county had risen from 10 to 25, adding that the flash floods which struck last Sunday had also injured a further 23…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "China floods: large parts of country remain on alert as Gansu province death toll rises",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/china-floods-large-parts-of-country-remain-on-alert-as-gansu-province-34767",
        "published": "2026-08-02T06:58:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "China: Dozens dead in Gansu flash floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/china-dozens-dead-in-gansu-flash-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-02T08:03:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}