The Chinese city of Wuhan is on red alert due to reports of further rainfall ; transport links , water and power supplies in the city of 10 provinces are severely hit . The flooding has already killed over 186 people and caused chaos across China , and 32 ##7 people in 26 provinces have been affected by the severe flooding . SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Over 1.9 m hectares of farmland have been damaged and led to direct economic losses of over ¥ 38bn ( $ 5.70bn ) , according to Chinese state - media . It is unclear at present how much this will impact the summer grain harvest , which was expected to be 2 million tonnes this year . Farm animals have also been affected with , in Anhui , the flooding killing approximately 7,100 hogs , 215 bulls and 5.14 million fowl .
The Chinese city of Wuhan is on red alert due to reports of further rainfall ; transport links , water and power supplies in the city of 10 provinces are severely hit . The flooding has already killed over 186 people and caused chaos across China , and 32 ##7 people in 26 provinces have been affected by the severe flooding . Over 1.9 m hectares of farmland have been damaged and led to direct economic losses of over ¥ 38bn ( $ 5.70bn ) , according to Chinese state - media . It is unclear at present how much this will impact the summer grain harvest , which was expected to be 2 million tonnes this year . Farm animals have also been affected with , in Anhui , the flooding killing approximately 7,100 hogs , 215 bulls and 5.14 million fowl .