At least eight people were killed and four remain missing after a flash flood struck northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Saturday night, state media reported.
The banks of a river near Bayannur city burst around 10 p.m. local time, sweeping away 13 campers in the grasslands. One person was rescued, while search operations continue.
China has faced weeks of extreme monsoon rains since July, with unusually heavy downpours triggering deadly floods, displacing thousands, and threatening major economic losses. Experts link the erratic weather to climate change.
Bayannur is a key hub for grain, oil, and sheep farming, raising concerns about potential impacts on food production. The disaster follows last month’s downpour in Beijing that killed at least 44 and forced 70,000 evacuations.
The central government has allocated 430 million yuan ($59.9 million) in new disaster relief funds, bringing total aid since April to 5.8 billion yuan.
The banks of a river near Bayannur city burst around 10 p.m. local time, sweeping away 13 campers in the grasslands. One person was rescued, while search operations continue.
China has faced weeks of extreme monsoon rains since July, with unusually heavy downpours triggering deadly floods, displacing thousands, and threatening major economic losses. Experts link the erratic weather to climate change.
Bayannur is a key hub for grain, oil, and sheep farming, raising concerns about potential impacts on food production. The disaster follows last month’s downpour in Beijing that killed at least 44 and forced 70,000 evacuations.
The central government has allocated 430 million yuan ($59.9 million) in new disaster relief funds, bringing total aid since April to 5.8 billion yuan.
