Overview

• A riverbank breach on Aug. 16 near Bayannur in Inner Mongolia washed away 13 campers, resulting in eight confirmed fatalities and four missing persons.
• State and local authorities have dispatched more than 700 rescue workers to comb the grasslands and search for survivors.
• Beijing has released an extra 430 million yuan for flood relief, increasing total disaster allocations since April to at least 5.8 billion yuan.
• Bayannur’s status as a major grain, oilseed and sheep breeding hub underscores the broader economic impacts of the flooding.
• Meteorological experts warn that climate change is intensifying and prolonging monsoon downpours, straining flood defenses across northern China.