Storms dump nearly a year of rain in northern China as tens of thousands evacuated

Record ID: 2020477

  • Title: Storms dump nearly a year of rain in northern China as tens of thousands evacuated
  • Date: 25th July 2025
  • Summary: BAODING, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA  (JULY 25, 2025) (CCTV - No use China) VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF RIVER FLOWING AND FLOOD DAMAGE IN TOWN FAST-FLOWING WATER IN FLOODED RIVER DRONE FOOTAGE OF DOWNED TREES IN FLOODED RIVERS VARIOUS OF HOME DAMAGED BY FLOODING DRONE FOOTAGE OF FLOODED RESIDENTIAL AREA VARIOUS OF DEBRIS ZHUOZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA (AIRED ON JULY 25, 2025) (CCT
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  • Keywords: china climate change evacuation flood flooding floods natural disaster rain record rescue
  • Location: BAODING, ZHUOZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA
  • City: BAODING, ZHUOZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001241325072025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Storms in northern China have poured nearly a year's rainfall on the city of Baoding, forcing more than 19,000 people out of their homes, the national forecaster said on Friday (July 25).
    Footage shown on state broadcaster CCTV showed submerged residential areas and downed trees in the city. Cars were left in the street, waterlogged from floodwaters.
    Rainfall in Yi County, in the western part of Baoding, reached as high as 447.4 mm (17.6 inches) in the 24 hours leading up to Friday, and records were reset at a number of weather stations in Hebei province, which Baoding is part of.
    Hebei recorded 640.3 mm in annual rainfall last year, 26.6 percent more than a decades-long average, according to CMA's 2024 climate bulletin on the province.
    The report said Hebei has been recording consecutive above-average annual precipitation since 2020.
    The intensifying rainfall forms part of a broader pattern of extreme weather across China due to the East Asian monsoon, which has caused travel disruptions and wrecked infrastructure in the world's second-largest economy.
    Baoding maintained a red alert for heavy rains on Friday morning while Hebei upgraded its emergency response preparedness.
    Chinese authorities are watchful of extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, as they challenge China's ageing flood defences, threaten to displace millions and wreak havoc on a $2.8 trillion agricultural sector.
    (Production: Nicoco Chan)
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