Sichuan Declares Highest Emergency Alert Level Amid Floods

August 18, 2020 by Business Desk

Aug.18 — Sichuan province declared its highest emergency alert level in response to unprecedented floods along the Yangtze River, China’s longest, state media Xinhua reported. The country has been battered by severe floods since June, affecting more than 63 million people and resulting in 178 billion yuan ($26 billion) worth of economic damage, according to a posting on the Ministry of Emergency Management’s website. (Source: CCTV)

In This Story: Yangtze

The Yangtze or Yangzi is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains and flows 6,300 km in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea.