Disasters in China killed at least 122 people and caused nearly £2.2bn in economic losses this August, underscoring the growing toll of this year’s extreme monsoon season across Asia. The Ministry of ...

HONG KONG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Emergency Management said on Thursday that natural disasters in the first three quarters of 2025 affected crops with an area of 530,000 hectares and ...

Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater ...

New research finds damage to rice crops has accelerated in recent decades due to rainstorms that increasingly submerge young plants for a week or more. Adoption of flood-resistant rice varieties in ...