A loose monkey being sought by authorities in China's Hunan Province was caught on camera scaling the side of an apartment building to elude pursuers, UPI reported.
The footage recorded Monday shows the macaque scale the side of the building before (...)
Gas leak killed two workers and stranded six others at a coal mine early Saturday in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said.
The accident occurred about 2:10 a.m. in the city of Shaoyang. Eleven people were working in the mine and (...)
One person was killed and nearly 2,000 were evacuated as of 9 a.m. Saturday as heavy rains lashed parts of central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial flood control authority.
From Thursday, rainstorms battered the western and middle areas (...)
A coach bus in central China's Hunan Province was set on fire on Friday afternoon, leaving one dead and another three injured, local authorities said on Saturday.
The coach was found ablaze near a bridge at 3:43 p.m. Friday in Shuangpai County of (...)
The death roll has risen to 12 and another two remain missing after rainstorms hit central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said.
As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, downpours in Hunan had killed 12 people, while two remained missing, Xinhua quoted a (...)
Heavy rainstorms have killed three people and forced the relocation of more than 54,000 residents after rainstorms hit southern China regions, local authorities said Sunday.
Heavy rains have battered Hunan Province since Thursday, disrupting (...)
A girl in central China's Hunan Province was confirmed to have been infected with the H7N9 bird flu, the fourth case China reported on Sunday.
Local health authorities said the eight-year-old girl has previously been to a live poultry market and is (...)
AlQa'dah 19, 1434, Sep 25, 2013, SPA -- Four people were killed and 650,000 affected as typhoon Usagi's downpours swept central China's Hunan Province, said authorities on Wednesday.
As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, about 39,000 residents of the province had (...)
AlQa'dah 18, 1434, Sep 24, 2013, SPA -- More than 8,000 people in central China's Hunan Province have been relocated as downpours triggered by typhoon Usagi swept the area starting on Monday.
The downpours have affected 16,600 residents from Lanshan (...)
Persistent hot weather in central China's Hunan Province has contributed to a spike in forest fires, according to forestry authorities.
Fifty-five forest fires erupted in the province from July 1 to Aug. 4, compared to just five in the same period (...)
A 55-year-old man died Wednesday morning in central China's Hunan Province due to an infection of H7N9 avian flu, local health authorities said.
The patient, a man surnamed Jiao, died after medical treatment failed to save him, Xinhua quoted an (...)
Six people died after a boat capsized in a river in central China's Hunan Province on Tuesday, local authorities confirmed Thursday.
On Thursday afternoon, rescuers retrieved the last two bodies of the five people reported missing in the Yuanjiang (...)
Six people were killed, one injured and another went missing in a coal mine explosion in central China's Hunan Province, local work safety watchdog said early Tuesday.
The blast occurred around 3 p.m. Monday at Niulanchu Coal Mine in Zhongfang (...)
Five people have been confirmed dead and another four are missing after a ferry capsized early Sunday morning in central China's Hunan province, local authorities said Tuesday.
The ferry, which was carrying four vehicles and 12 people, capsized (...)
One person was killed and three others seriously injured when nitrate explosives stored in a residence in central China's Hunan province went off on Monday night, according to local police.
The explosion occurred in a farmer's house in Chengbu (...)
Seven miners have been killed in a gas outburst in central China's Hunan province on Sunday, local authorities said.
The accident occurred at about 6:45 a.m. at the Xiangzhong Coal Mine in the city of Lianyuan, Xinhua quoted the city government as (...)
Heavy storms have swept across central China's Hunan Province since June 9, leaving seven people dead and affecting more than 100,000 others, local authorities said Monday.
Precipitation over the last 24 hours exceeded 200 mm in Hongjiang district (...)
Two villagers died and three others remained buried after a landslide toppled two houses in a central China village Saturday, local authorities said.
The landslide happened at 4:30 a.m. in Matou village of Longguangqiao township in Heshan, an outer (...)
Fifteen miners were killed, and three others injured, following a mine-car crash Thursday morning in central China's Hunan province, local authorities said.
The accident happened around 12:30 a.m. in the Nanyang township of the Leiyang city, after (...)
Days of snow and freezing weather have affected 256,000 people in the remote mountainous regions in central China's Hunan Province, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying Tuesday.
Tian Shengyong, an official with the civil affairs bureau in the (...)
Nine people were killed after a gas explosion occurred at a coal mine in Binzhou City of central China's Hunan Province Sunday morning, said rescuers.
The rescue work has stopped as rescuers were told that there were altogether nine people working (...)
AlHijjah 13, 1432, Nov 9, 2011, SPA -- Six passengers have been killed and 12 injured when the bus carrying them collided with a truck in central China's Hunan province, local traffic officials said.
The authorities are still probing the cause of (...)
Three people died and nine others were injured after an explosion went off in a rural home in Hunan Province Monday, the local government said Tuesday.
The accident happened at 4 p.m. Monday in Jinjia'ao Village of Chenxi County in Huaihua City, (...)
A lingering drought has left 520,000 people and 390,000 livestock short of drinking water in Hunan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
The month-long drought has also withered 527,000 hectares of crops, dried up 542 rivers and 415 reservoirs, (...)
Three people were confirmed dead in a roof fall accident at a coal mine in central China's Hunan Province, local sources said late Monday.
The accident occurred at 3 p.m. Monday at Dingli Coal Mine in Jiahe County, trapping three workers who were (...)