natural disaster

A partially capsized fishing ship is seen after Typhoon Meranti made landfall, in Kaohsiung

18 images of the disastrous consequences of Typhoon Meranti in China

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but there were no reports of more casualties in what has been described as the strongest storm of the year globally.

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1931 China floods

15 rare historical photographs of 1931 China floods

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From the end of 20s, China was afflicted by a long drought. Abnormal weather over central China began in the winter of late 1930.

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removing corpse teams

12 rare pictures: removing corpse teams in China (1948)

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The disastrous years of the War of Resistance against Japanese aggression and the War of Liberation devastated China: corpses were scattered along Chinese roads.

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