CNN —Days of heavy rain have caused severe flooding in China’s leading grain-producing region in the northeast, killing 14 people and raising concerns about food security as floodwater inundated farmlands.
As the storm moved further north, another 14 deaths were reported Sunday in the city of Shulan in Jilin province.
Firefighters operate a drainage machine near a village in the city of Mudanjiang in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province on August 5.
A cornfield is submerged by floodwater in a village in Hebi city, Henan province on August 5.
A flooded farm in Xinxiang city, Henan province on August 5.
Persons:
Doksuri, Zhang Tao, floodwater, Typhoon Khanun, Xi Jinping
Organizations:
CNN, Xinhua, Firefighters, China’s Ministry of Water Resources, Communist Party, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Affairs, National Bureau of Statistics, China Meteorological Administration, Qiushi, Communist
Locations:
China, Beijing, Hebei, Shulan, Jilin province, Heilongjiang, Mudanjiang, China's Heilongjiang, Jilin, Harbin, Shangzhi, Wuchang, Liaoning, Hebi city, Henan province, Henan, Xinxiang city