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China flash flood death toll rises to 25: state media

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:53:00 +0000

Rescue workers carry out search and rescue operations following flash floods at a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, China. File photo: cnsphoto via Reuters.

The toll from a flash flood in northwest China has risen to 25 dead, with 23 injured, state media reported on Sunday (August 2, 2026), a week after the disaster.

The flood ripped through the Shuangshimen Scenic Area, a tourist spot popular with day campers, on July 26, with state media initially reporting 10 deaths and 23 injured.

The updated toll came as the country’s national commission for disaster prevention said it would oversee an investigation into the event, Xinhua said.

Shuangshimen — in mountainous southern Gansu — is known for its natural stone arches, alpine meadows and mountain streams.

Videos of the flooding showed torrents of water surging through a valley where several tents and cars were parked.

China has been hit hard by extreme weather this summer, with large swathes of the country experiencing flooding.

In July, storms in Hubei province killed at least 11 people, while six died and 1,30,000 people were evacuated in the southern Guangxi region after several dams were breached following torrential rainfall.

The same month, a landslide in Gansu’s Dangchang County, also in the province’s south, killed 21.

Published – August 02, 2026 12:23 pm IST

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Four dead, 90 trapped in China coal mine accident

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:26:00 +0000

Four workers died, and 90 were trapped underground at a coal mine in northern China after carbon monoxide reached dangerous levels at the site, the official Xinhua News Agency reported early Saturday (May 23, 2026).

A total of 247 miners were underground at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi Province when the accident occurred on Friday (May 22, 2026) night, the agency said.

The four casualties were among 157 miners who had been brought to the surface. Of the 90 trapped, 16 were in critical condition, Xinhua said, as rescue efforts continued.

Shanxi Province is the coal-mining capital of China.

China is the world’s top consumer of coal and the largest greenhouse gas emitter, despite installing renewable energy capacity at record speed.

Mine safety in China has improved in recent decades but accidents still occur frequently in an industry where safety protocols are often lax.

Published – May 23, 2026 03:55 am IST

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Israel launches deadly operation in West Bank’s Jenin

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:14:30 +0000

Palestinian Fadi Al-Saadi sits inside an ambulance next to the body of his brother Abdel-Wahab, who was killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
| Photo Credit: Reuters

The Israeli military said on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) that it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said aimed to “eradicate terrorism” in the area.

The Palestinian Health Ministry, based in Ramallah, said the operation had killed six people, just days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in the Gaza Strip.

In a joint statement, the military and the Shin Bet security agency said that, alongside the Israeli Border Police, they had launched an operation dubbed “Iron Wall’ in Jenin, whose refugee camp is a stronghold of Palestinian militant groups.

In a statement released shortly after the launch of the operation, Mr. Netanyahu said the raid aimed to “eradicate terrorism” in Jenin and was part of a broader strategy to counter Iran “wherever it sends its arms – in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen,” and the West Bank.

The Israeli government has accused Iran, which backs militant groups across the Middle East including Hamas in Gaza, of attempting to send weapons and money to militants in the West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its first responders treated seven people injured by live ammunition and that Israeli forces were hindering their access to the area.

Jenin governor Kamal Abu al-Rub said the operation was “an invasion of the (refugee) camp”.

“It came quickly, Apache helicopters in the sky and Israeli military vehicles everywhere”, he added.

An AFP journalist said Palestinian security forces, who had been conducting an operation against Palestinian factions in the area since early December, left some of their positions around the camp before the arrival of Israeli forces.

The spokesman for the Palestinian security forces, Anwar Rajab, said in a statement that Israeli forces had “opened fire on civilians and security forces, resulting in injuries to several civilians and a number of security personnel, one of whom is in critical condition”.

Published – January 21, 2025 06:44 pm IST

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