China hit by heavy flooding

Seasonal phenomenon kills 155 and displaces one million in south and central provinces.

China flooding — Floodings occur every year in China but this year water levels are unusually high [EPA]

By News Agencies

Severe flooding occurs every year during China’s June-August rain season, triggering landslides and resulting in hundreds of deaths.

But this month, water levels in some areas have reached their highest in more than a decade.

Virtually all of the country’s major rivers are swollen, while water levels in lakes along the Yangtze river are higher than in 1998, when flooding killed about 4,000 people.