<figure id="attachment_3127050" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3127050" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3127050" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/955ef6cc-china-flood-ap-050825.webp" alt="China flood AP 050825" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3127050" class="wp-caption-text">Natural disasters are common in China, especially in summer, as regions alternate between heavy rain and intense heat. (Xinhua/AP pic)</figcaption></figure>
BEIJING: A flash flood in Inner Mongolia killed eight people and left four missing, Chinese state media said Sunday.
A group of 13 people were camping outdoors in Inner Mongolia&#8217;s Urat Rear Banner when a flash flood occurred around 10pm (1400 GMT) on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua said.
As of Sunday morning, one person had been rescued and search and rescue operations for the missing are ongoing, Xinhua added.
The ministry of emergency management has ordered full-scale rescue efforts and verification of the status of the missing and dispatched a working group to the scene, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Natural disasters are common across China, particularly in the summer, when some regions experience heavy rain while others bake in searing heat.
The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northwest China in early August was at least 13, state media said in August.
Heavy rain in Beijing in the north also killed 44 people last month, with the capital&#8217;s rural suburbs hardest hit and another eight people killed in a landslide in nearby Hebei province.
Scientists have shown that human-driven climate change is causing more intense weather patterns that can make destructive floods more likely.

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8 dead, 4 missing in north China flash flood

The flash flood struck 13 people camping in Urat Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, at around 10pm Saturday.

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