the Hunan government's official website. Pingjiang has recorded 759.6mm (29.9 inches) of rainfall since June 18 - the highest for this period since 1961 when records began. The county's Flood ...

The event took place as tens of thousands of residents in the ancient town of Fenghuang, in neighbouring Hunan province ... evacuate those affected by the floods. An estimated 4,000 shops have ...

Linjiang authorities shut schools, factories and businesses on Sunday, warning that "major flood disasters may occur". In southern China, a landslide near Hengyang city in Hunan province on Sunday ...

In the latest disaster, a flood and mudslide early Saturday in a ... killed at least 48 people in Hunan province and left 35 others missing last week. Authorities said Friday that the death ...

Hunan Province. It is one of the seventy-two peaks of the majestic Mount Hengshan. According to legend, when King Yu was on his way south to inspect the flood control projects, he stopped here and ...