Central Hunan Province

A highway pile-up in central China has killed 16 people and injured dozens, authorities said Sunday, with footage aired on local media showing burning trucks and smashed cars.

Ten people have died in central China as torrential rain battered Hunan province, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported.

Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others injured after a tour coach bus caught fire in central China's Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said.

Chinese authorities on Tuesday executed a man who killed 15 people after ramming a car into a crowded square in central Hunan province last year.

An annual chili pepper festival kicked off Monday in central China's spice-loving Hunan province with a chili-eating contest in which the winner set a blistering pace by downing a gut-busting 50 peppers in just over a minute.

An endangered tree species believed to be more than 1,300 years old has been found during a census of ancient tress in central China's Hunan Province, officials said today.

China's first glass suspension bridge, which dangles 180 metres (594 feet) over a canyon in the central Hunan province, has excited -- and terrified -- thousands of visitors since opening two weeks ago.

Twenty workers were killed when an explosion ripped through an under-construction expressway tunnel in central China's Hunan province today.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 workers, Chinese authorities said Sunday. Six other miners survived Saturday evening's blast at a state-owned coal mine in Hengyang city in Hunan province, China's State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on its website.

An American professional wingsuit flier on Saturday successfully performed a jump and dive through the Tianmen Hole - an actual hole through a mountain - in Hunan province, central China. The 35 year old American Jeb Corliss jumped from a helicopter 6,000 feet above the Tianmen cave, flying towards it, and went right through it.

A highway pile-up in central China has killed 16 people and injured dozens, authorities said Sunday, with footage aired on local media showing burning trucks and smashed cars.

Ten people have died in central China as torrential rain battered Hunan province, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported.

Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others injured after a tour coach bus caught fire in central China's Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said.

Chinese authorities on Tuesday executed a man who killed 15 people after ramming a car into a crowded square in central Hunan province last year.

An annual chili pepper festival kicked off Monday in central China's spice-loving Hunan province with a chili-eating contest in which the winner set a blistering pace by downing a gut-busting 50 peppers in just over a minute.

An endangered tree species believed to be more than 1,300 years old has been found during a census of ancient tress in central China's Hunan Province, officials said today.

China's first glass suspension bridge, which dangles 180 metres (594 feet) over a canyon in the central Hunan province, has excited -- and terrified -- thousands of visitors since opening two weeks ago.

Twenty workers were killed when an explosion ripped through an under-construction expressway tunnel in central China's Hunan province today.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 workers, Chinese authorities said Sunday. Six other miners survived Saturday evening's blast at a state-owned coal mine in Hengyang city in Hunan province, China's State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on its website.

An American professional wingsuit flier on Saturday successfully performed a jump and dive through the Tianmen Hole - an actual hole through a mountain - in Hunan province, central China. The 35 year old American Jeb Corliss jumped from a helicopter 6,000 feet above the Tianmen cave, flying towards it, and went right through it.