Northeast China: Worst Flooding in a Century

August 28, 2013

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This picture taken on Aug. 19, 2013 shows vehicles submerged by water in the flood-hit Chaonan district of Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

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Flooding continues to worsen over northeastern China, where a major river is experiencing its worst floods in over a century.
The Amur River, known as the Heilong Jiang in China, is in its greatest flood in at least 100 years, according to state-run CCTV English. Another river, the Songhuajiang, was at its highest level in 15 years as it crested in the Harbin, a city of 10 million and the capital of Heilongjiang Province.
The floods are the result of tremendous rainfall this summer over the Russian Far East.
At least 20,000 people were evacuated last week in that region while the flood crest on the Amur was farther upstream.
Flash floods have hit several different regions of China this summer, leaving at least 200 people dead or missing. Meanwhile, an epic heat wave and drought have parched parts of southeastern China.
(MORE: Hundreds Dead in Floods | Epic Heat Wave)
MORE: China Heat Wave of 2013

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Shanghai, China

Workers install an air conditioning unit in a food stall in Shanghai on July 2, 2013, when the city reached a high of 98 degrees Fahrenheit. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)

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