Covering a circumference of 400 kilometers, Chaohu Lake is located in the middle of Anhui Province. Shaped like a bird's nest, "Chaohu" means the nest lake. It is the fifth largest freshwater lake ...

Anhui province, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) west of Shanghai, has been pounded by rain in recent days as two powerful typhoons, Bebinca and Yagi, lashed the region.