Repair work underway following levee breach in C China’s Henan
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Rescuers work at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Photo by Kong Weijia/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
A rescuer carries a sandbag at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
An aerial drone photo shows repair work underway at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
Rescuers work at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
An aerial drone photo shows repair work underway at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
Rescuers work at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Photo by Kong Weijia/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows repair work underway at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
Rescuers work at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
Rescuers work at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
An aerial drone photo shows repair work underway at the site of a levee breach along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 13, 2026.
A levee along the Beiru River in Jiaxian County gave way on Wednesday night, following extreme rainfall and large-volume discharges from upstream reservoirs.
As of Thursday, a total of 2,182 people had been evacuated to safety, with no casualties reported so far. Efforts to contain the levee breach are underway.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
