Natural Disasters In China 2013

This list contains all major natural disasters in China in 2013 with detail report.

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May 2013

• May 17: Southern China storms
  Weekend rainstorms in southern China have claimed lives of atleast 33 people and left 12 people missing.
• May 16: Landslide in Fujian, China
  A landslide in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province has claimed lives of three people.
• May 12: Landslide in Tianzhu, China
  Landslide in Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province of China has claimed lives of at least five people and injured three others.
• May 9: House collapsed due to rain in Pingjiang, China
  3 killed by rain-triggered collapse in Pingjiang, China.
• May 7: Landslide disaster in Yiyang, China
  Landslide disaster in Yiyang city in Hunan Province of China has claimed lives of two people.

April 2013

• April 27: Landslide near Bijie City in China
  Landslide in Mawo Village near Bijie City of China has claimed lives of at least three villagers.
• April 23: Landslide in Guizhou, China
  Landslide in Guizhou province of China has claimed lives of nine people.
• April 20: Lushan, Sichuan earthquake 2013
  Earthquake that struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan has killed at least 186 people till 12:00 UTC, April 21, 2013.
• April 17: Tornado in Qixing, China
  Tornado in Qixing, China injures 6.
• April 17: Earthquake in Yunnan, China
  At least nine people are reported to be injured.
• April 16: Landslide in Kaili City, China
  A landslide has damaged more than 80 meters of the highway in Kaili City of China.
• April 8: Forest fire in Kunming, China
  More than 500 fire fighters, policemen and local are struggling to control a forest fire in Kunming, China.
• April 6: Flooding in coal mine in Guizhou Province of China
  Two dead and seven people are reported to be missing in coal mine flooding in Guizhou Province of China.
• April 4: Landslide in Tongxin county of China
  Landslide in Tongxin County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China has claimed lives of at least five people

March 2013

• March 29: Landslide in Tibet traps 83 gold miners
  At least 83 miners are reported to be trapped in a landslide in Tibet.
• March 29: Moderate earthquake in Urunchi, China
  There was moderate earthquake tremor in Northern Xinjiang, China today.
• March 22:  Firefighters fighting fire in China forest
  A forest fire broke out in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of SW China.
• March 20: Tornado in China
  Tornado in Hunan Province of China has claimed three lives and injured thirty others.
• March 13: Mudslide in Heilongjiang, China
  At least eight miners are trapped in a mudslide in Zhenxing coalmine in Heilongjiang province of Northeast China.
• March 8: Red alert issued for China forest fire
  China has issued a Red Alert for the forest fire in coming two days.
• March 3: Moderate earthquake in Yunnan, China
  Earthquake in Yunnan has injured at least 30 people.

February 2013

• February 7:  Forest fire in Dali city in Yunnan province of China
  Around 1800 firefighters have been struggling to control the forest fire in Dali city in Yunnan province of China.  
• February 2: Flooding in Kaziwan Village of China
  One dead and 19 others have been injured after the Lianfeng Reservoir, located about 25 km from Urumqi leaked.
• February 1: Landslide in Yunnan, China
  Landslide disaster in Yunnan, China destroyed 35 houses completely.

January 2013

• January 29: Massive sinkhole swallow buildings in China
  A massive sinkhole in Guangzhou, China swallowed several buildings plus video.
• January 11: Landslide in Yunnan, China
  A landslide in south-western China killed at least 46 people.
• January 6: Snowstorms in Inner Mongolia, China
  Snow disaster killed two and affected 770,000 people in N China.