Overview

• The flash flood struck late on August 16 when a riverbank burst in Urad Rear Banner, Bayannur City, sweeping 13 campers into floodwaters.
• Bayannur’s emergency management bureau has confirmed nine deaths and three missing persons, with one camper rescued so far.
• Over 700 search-and-rescue personnel have been deployed and a work team from the Ministry of Emergency Management is directing operations on site.
• Authorities have warned travelers to avoid undeveloped wilderness areas during this season’s stalled monsoon downpours.
• Experts link the weeks-long extreme monsoon rains to climate change, prompting central government disaster relief funding in the billions of yuan.