Un visitatore pone con acqua che sgorga dalla diga Xiaolangdi durante una limo-operazione di lavaggio per eliminare il sedimento-laden il Fiume Giallo in Luoyang
A visitor poses with water gushing out from the Xiaolangdi Dam during a silt-washing operation to clear up the sediment-laden Yellow River in Luoyang city, central China's Henan province, 5 July 2018. Major flooding in at least two rivers is possible in the coming days in China's northern region, according to the top flood control authority. As of Sunday, floods had affected more than 8.6 million people in 18 provincial regions, leaving 41 dead. While about 660, 000 hectares of farmland were flooded, 2.41 million hectares of farmland have been troubled by drought, according to the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. When China entered the flood season on April 12, the average precipitation in the country stood at 190 millimeters, 3 percent lower than average. But floods have occurred in more than 180 small and medium-size rivers across the country, it said.
