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Update At least 31 people have been confirmed dead with seven people still missing in a landslide in Taining County in east China's Fujian Province.

Landslide in east China's Jiangxi Province over the past five days has claimed lives of three people. Two people died in a landslide at the entrance of a tunnel on the Daqing-Guangzhou expressway in Longnan County, another person was killed in another landslide in Ganzhou city, Xinhua News Agency reported quoting the provincial civil affairs department.

Scientists from China and France have discovered a rare huge doline, or sinkhole, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of South China . Scientists have discovered number of dolines in Donglan County in last nine days. Dolines found in Guangxi are normally around 250 meters deep, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The landslide site of an industrial park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province (Xinhua) Massive landslide in Shenzhen's Hengtaiyu Industrial Park of China has left 91 missing, including 59 males and 32 females as of early Monday morning, Chinese state media reported. The landslide buried 33 buildings in an industrial park in Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday.  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang ordered immediate rescue efforts after landslide hit an industrial park in Shenzhen city, in Guangdong province. According to Xinhua News Agency , landslide occuured in Shenzhen city and exploded the natural gas pipeline owned byPetroChina, China's top oil and gas producer. Landslide destroys building in Shenzhen's Hengtaiyu Industrial Park of China (AFP/CNN Photo) (AFP/CNN Photo) According to Shenzhen's emergency response office, at least 13 people have been hospitalized with three of them in ser

The traffic in smog in Shijingshan District of Beijing, captial of China (Xinhua/Li Xin) Beijing's city government issued its first red alert for smog on Tuesday warning severe air pollution would affect the Chinese capital for several days. According to Xinhua News Agency , Beijing upgraded its alert for air pollution from orange to red, which will last from 7:00 a.m. Tuesday to 12:00 p.m. Thursday. According to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the air quality index stood at 250 Tuesday morning, classed as "very unhealthy" and 10 times higher than the World Health Organization's recommended levels, CNN reported. According to the city's emergency management headquarters, during a red alert, kindergartens, primary and high schools are advised to suspend classes, outdoor operations of construction sites are banned and some industrial plants are required to limit or stop production. According to the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center

Rescue operation at landslide disaster site in east China's Zhejiang Province (Reuters) Landslide in east China's Zhejiang Province has claimed lives of at least 38 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. More than 2,300 rescuers, along with seven sniffer dogs, 60 machines and more than 80 vehicles, are helping with rescue work at natural disaster site.

Eastern China provinces have been kept on high alert for approaching typhoon Swan that may bring gales and rainstorms on Sunday night. The Fujian Provincial Meteorological Station has issued a yellow alert for the typhoon. Swan is expected to arrive at the East China Sea on Sunday evening, Xinhua News Agency reported.

At least three people died and eight people remained missing in a landslide in Yunnan Province of China.  According to the Xinhua News Agency , landslide disaster hit at about 7 p.m. on Saturday evening which buried a road in Funing County in Yunnan province. Photo Courtesy: Xinhua/Zhang Tianlong Some 200 rescue workers using excavators and sniffer dogs have been searching for eight people who are unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Eastern China provinces have been kept on high alert for approaching typhoon Swan that may bring gales and rainstorms on Sunday night. The Fujian Provincial Meteorological Station has issued a yellow alert for the typhoon. Swan is expected to arrive at the East China Sea on Sunday evening

Typhoon Soudelor has claimed lives of at least 28 people and left several more missing as it battered Taiwan and China over the weekend. According to China National Commission for Disaster Reduction, atleast 21 people died by typhoon-related impact in China. Fatalities are from Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces of China. Flooding in Hinthada township, Ayeyarwaddy delta, Myanmar (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)  Similarly, Typhoon Soudelor killed seven people and injured more than 400 people in Taiwan, Central Disaster Emergency Operation Center said. Chinese authorities have issued a grade-IV emergency response to Typhoon Soudelor in east China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday, Xinhua reported. Last week, Typhoon Soudelor hammered the island of Saipan in the Western Pacific ocean leaving trails of widespread damage. President Obama declared the Northern Mariana Island, including Saipan, under a State of Disaster on Thursday.

Source: China Meteorological Administration Super typhoon Chan-Hom made landfall on Saturday afternoon in east China's Zhejiang province, causing evacuation of more than 1 million people. On Friday morning, China's Meteorological Center had raised "red warning of typhoon" for Zhejiang and Fujian province. At 9:00 a.m. on July 10, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) had also elevated emergency response to level I, the highest level  to address super typhoon Chan-Hom.

Flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall in Tibet’s Chigdril County in Golog region has claimed lives of at least two person. Flash flooding killed a woman and her elder son and injured her husband and their younger son, Phayul quoted Dhamchoe Palsang, a Tibetan living who told the Tibet Times . Injured people are having treatment in a hospital in the Chigdril County.

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake in China's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has claimed lives of three person and injured 43 others. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center(CENC), a 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Pishan County at 9:07 a.m. at a depth of 10 km.

A massive landslide on the northern bank of the Daning River in Wushan County of Chongqing Municipality, southwest China has left one missing and injured four others. The landslide disaster occurred at 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday evening, Xinhua reported.

A passenger ship carrying 458 people sank in a cyclone in the Jianli section in Hubei Province of the Yangtze River Monday night. Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts, sank at around 9:30 p.m. after being caught in a cyclone , state broadcaster CCTV reported citing the Yangtze River navigation administration.

Rainfall induced natural disaster in southern parts of China last week have claimed lives of 16 people as of Monday morning. According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), on May 25 to 27 and 28 to 31, two heavy rainfalls occurred in the southern part of China, leading to casualties in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provincial regions, Xinhua reported.

Floods in China have claimed lives of at least 57 people and left 13 others missing. Floods and heavy rains killed 42 including 16 in the collapse of a nine-story building in the city of Guiyang following a landslide, The Associated Press reported.

Heavy rainfall in east China's Fujian Province has left seven dead, one missing and affected 242,000 people. Heavy rains have destroyed 2,490 houses and damaged 21,300 hectares of farm produce, Xinhu a has written quoting the provincial drought and flood prevention office.

Mudslides and lightning in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have claimed lives of at least four people. At least two people died and nine others injured after a thunderbolt hit at a bus stop in Liuma village of Baise city, Xinhua reported.

Nineteen people are confirmed dead in coal mine flooding in Jiangjiawan Mine in Datong City, Shanxi Province of China. A total of 247 people were working in Jiangjiawan Mine in Datong City when the disaster occurred around 6:50 p.m. on Sunday. Two hundred and twenty-three miners made it out safely, while 24 were trapped, Xinhua reported.

Much of China's northwest regions were blanketed by sandstorm on Wednesday evening. Many areas in the Beijing recorded PM10 air pollution causing traffic jams in most major districts of the city, South China Morning Post reported.