Flash floods kill 10, two miss­ing

This article was written and published by the Toronto Star on August 18, 2025.

A flash flood swept through a camp­site in north China, killing 10 people and leav­ing two miss­ing, state media repor­ted Sunday. Sat­urday’s flood occurred around 10 p.m. local time in Urad Rear Ban­ner, an expans­ive moun­tain­ous area in the Inner Mon­go­lia Autonom­ous region known for its pop­u­lar camp­sites. North­ern China has seen sev­eral instances of flash flood­ing and land­slides in recent weeks.

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