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Beijing : At least seven people were killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding county in China's Sichuan province on Monday, authorities said.Damage to roads, telecommunications and houses is being checked, said the…

Beijing : The death toll after a flash flood in China's Qinghai province has increased to 17, with another 17 people still missing, local authorities have confirmed.Twenty people who were previously reported as missing have been rescued and…

Beijing : China on Saturday issued a red alert, the most severe warning in its four-tier weather warning system, for high temperatures across the country due to an ongoing heatwave. Parts of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei,…

Beijing : China on Monday renewed an orange alert, the second highest, for high temperatures as intense heat waves were sweeping across many regions of the country. According to the National Meteorological Centre, Zhejiang, Fujian,…

Beijing : China on Sunday launched Wentian, the first lab module of its space station.The new module will function both as a backup of the core module and as a powerful scientific experiment platform, Xinhua reported. Wentian, which…

Beijing : A tornado struck Lianyungang City in east China's Jiangsu Province, resulting in one fatality and 25 injured, local emergency management bureau said Thursday. The tornado swept through 11 villages in four townships of…

Beijing : China's national observatory on Thursday issued a blue alert for rainstorms in some regions of the country.Heavy rainfall and rainstorms are expected in parts of northwest China and some areas of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces from 8…

Beijing : China's national observatory on Friday renewed an alert for high temperatures triggering intense heatwaves in multiple regions.During daylight hours on Friday, parts of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei,…

Beijing : Incessant rainstorms have affected hundreds of thousands of people in China's Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, authorities said on Tuesday.In Jiangxi, the flood control and drought relief headquarters upgraded the flood control…

Beijing : China's National Meteorological Centre on Monday renewed an alert for rainstorms in various parts of the country.From 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday, heavy downpours are expected to lash parts of Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang,…