The devastating 26 July 2017 floods in Yulin City, Northern Shaanxi, China

This Express Letter gives a brief report of the devastating floods in Yulin City, Northern Shaanxi, NW China, which occurred after colossal rainstorms on 26 July 2017. Here, we discuss the disaster and rescue measures, compare them to a set of 149 major rainstorms in Yulin City from 1971 to 2016, an...

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Main Authors: Yanfei He, Siyue He, Zhao Hu, Yiwen Qin, Yuanhang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2017.1407369