Environmental issues in China

About China's environmental well-being and China's efforts to protect the environment, there are many ongoing challenges. Flooding happens frequently in the south, but there is lack of supply of water in the north.Water Demands of Coal-Fired Power Drying Up Northern China  25 March 2013 Scientific American On China's Electricity Grid, East Needs West—for Coal  21 March 2013 BusinessWeek Chinese Utilities Face $20 Billion Costs Due to Water, BNEF Says  24 March 2013  BusinessWeek

History of heat wave
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2021 East Asia sandstorm;Six dead, dozens missing as Beijing, northern China and Mongolia hit by worst sandstorm in a decade 2022 China heat wave;   2023 China heat wave

Pollution
As coal is the primary fuel, the air quality is bad.  As early as 2015, oberservers point out that the land is very polluted due to 20 years of industrialisation. 

There are many causes of pollution. They include traffic congestion, "private car" ownership and the popular use of plastic.Xinhua News, "Car ownership tops 154 million in China in 2014 ," 27 January 2015. 

Storms that affected China
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Typhoon Haitang (2005)
July Typhoon Soulik (2013); Typhoon Haiyan (November 2013)
Tropical Storm Rumbia (August 2018) 
September Typhoon Lingling (2019)
Typhoon Hagupit (2020); Tropical Storm Mekkhala (2020); Tropical Storm Higos (2020); Typhoon Maysak (2020); Tropical Storm Nangka (2020) (August, August, August, September and October)
Tropical Storm Lupit (2021) and Tropical Storm Lionrock (2021) (August and October)
September Typhoon Muifa (2022)
Typhoon Khanun (2023) and Tropical Storm Sanba (2023) (August and October)
July Tropical Storm Prapiroon (2024) and Typhoon Kong-rey (2024)

Long history of floods

Written from the earliest to the most recent. 1931 China floods; 1935 Yangtze flood; 1938 Yellow River flood; 1951年辽河大水;  1954 Yangtze floods; 1958 Yellow River flood; 1963年海河特大洪灾;     Eastern China flood of 1991; 1998 China floods

since 2000
2007 Shandong coal mine flood; 2008 South China floods; 2009 Luoding flood; 2010 China floods; 2011 China floods; 2012 China floods; July 2012 Beijing flood; 2013 Southwest China floods; 2016 China floods; 2017 China floods; 2020 China floods; 2021 China floods; 2021 Henan floods; 2023 China floods;"China sees record flooding in Beijing, with 20 deaths and mass destruction blamed on Typhoon Doksuri - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2023-08-04.  2023 Hong Kong rainstorm and floods; 2024 Guangdong floods; Floods in the Huairou and Miyun districts of Beijing, mudslides in nearby village(s), in late July 2025;北京9座水库同日泄洪 一村附近五处泥石流. July 28, 2025 洪災釀44死！北京養老院31人亡　官方：對極端天氣認識不足. TVBS. August 1, 2025


complications
Typhoon Nina (1975) and 1975 Banqiao Dam failure.
Shalan Town flood of 2005 (also caused mudslide).
2010 Gansu mudslide
2016年邢台洪灾 250px|July 2016, the water-level mark was still visible on the wall.
2022 Qinghai floods (also caused landslide).
landslide in the south since 2024Five dead, several missing as torrential rain triggers flood and landslide fears in southern China 4 dead, 17 missing as heavy rains soak southern China, triggering landslides

Related pages
Air, land and water pollution.
Economy of China

References

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