Posted at 7:54 6 Jul Severe floods affecting wide swaths of China since June 2020 have left at least 141 people dead or missing and almost 38 million affected in 27 provinces, officials reported on Monday, July 13, 2020. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2020; 117 (26): 14751 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918987117 Tanzania. December 28, 2011 admin 3 Comments. Published: 27 Dec 2019 Climate crisis linked to at least 15 $1bn-plus disasters in 2019. The floods were caused by the heaviest rainfall the country has witnessed since 1961. Browse The Independent’s complete collection of articles and commentary on flooding. Recent Flooding Disasters Around The World. … Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports. All the latest breaking news on flooding. Greater flood risks in response to slowdown of tropical cyclones over the coast of China. This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 60 deaths. One of the worst rainfall seasons on record hits China, massive floods affecting nearly 38 million people. Christian Aid report highlights costs of floods, fires and storms around the world. Devastating floods in China and Japan Parts of China and Japan have seen extraordinary amounts of rain this week with hundreds of thousands of people advised to evacuate. 20 people have been killed and hundreds left homeless in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by floods that occurred on the 20 th December 2011.