Heavy Rain Hits China’s Yellow River Basin, Bringing Floods to Large Swaths of Country

Water is released from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir Dam on the Yellow River in Luoyang, China, on July 19, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images

After severe flooding in the Yangtze River drainage area in July, heavy rain has now hit another major waterway in China, the Yellow River.

A 646-year-old building in Xi’an city, located in western China and midstream of the Yellow River, partially collapsed on Aug. 8, injuring at least four people.