Overview
- Local authorities evacuated stranded tourists and temporarily closed the area above Arrow Bamboo Lake in Rize Valley and the entire Zechawa Valley in Jiuzhaigou on Monday after mudslides swept parts of the UNESCO World Heritage site.
- China’s Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration issued a joint red flash‑flood warning that covers provinces including Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Gansu and southeastern Xinjiang.
- Typhoon Noul, described in reports as the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, produced torrential rains across southern and central regions that triggered the Jiuzhaigou mudslides and other flash floods.
- Earlier this month multiple landslides and flash floods in provinces such as Gansu, Chongqing and Shanxi caused dozens of deaths and missing people, straining rescue teams and prompting emergency responses.
- Experts say the events fall inside China’s Qixia Bashang peak flood‑control window and warn extreme rainfall will likely remain more frequent and intense through mid‑August, raising risks to mountain tourism, valley roads and local communities.