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China braces for 'severe' flooding on Yangtze River
2016-04-02 06:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe floods are expected on China's Yangtze River this year due to a strong El Nino weather pattern, state media said, raising the risk of deaths and damage to property and crops along the country's longest waterway. The El Nino conditions are the strongest since records collection began in 1951, and resemble a 1998 weather pattern that flooded the river and killed thousands, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, citing vice minister of water resources, Liu Ning. "Precipitation in the...
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Chinese ferry capsizes in Yangtze river leaving more than 400 missing
2015-06-02 01:00:00| Ship Technology
More than 400 people are missing after a Chinese passenger ferry carrying 458 people onboard capsized on the Yangtze River in central Hubei province.
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China to step up urbanization along Yangtze River
2015-04-05 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's government released on Sunday a framework to develop sprawling urban areas along the Yangtze River as it moves forward with a decade-long ambition to turn the Chinese heartland into a major economic belt. Although no specific investment details were released, the State Council, China's cabinet, said on its website it would designate 317,000 square kilometers along the river to become urban areas, hosting transportation and energy projects. The designated urban development area will...
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China tug boat capsizes in Yangtze river killing 21 people
2015-01-19 01:00:00| Ship Technology
A tug boat conducting tests has capsized in the Yangtze River in eastern China, leaving 21 people dead and one person missing.
Landsea, BASF and Partners Build Locally Developed Passive House in Yangtze River Delta Region
2014-08-18 07:32:07| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Passive House "Bruck" built by Landsea Group at its Green Building Research and Development Center in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, China was inaugurated and certified by the Passive House Institute of Germany.
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