More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on
Rescuers on boats in China's flood-ravaged Guangdong province raced to evacuate trapped residents, carrying some elderly people by piggyback from their homes and deploying helicopters to save villagers caught in rural landslides.
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on
STORY: Rescue and emergency workers were seen tending to stranded residents on rescue boats in residential areas as well as commercial streets, in video aired by CCTV. The broadcaster also reported emergency supplies including food,
The main rainbands moved to the southern coast after floods further north killed at least four people and displaced tens of thousands of residents Forecasters said the rain would ease over the next one or two days,
China on Tuesday issued its highest-level red rainstorm warning for parts of Guangdong, a local weather agency said, as the southern province was battered by downpours.
STORY: China’s Guangdong province has been hit by severe floods following record-breaking rains - Sparking fears about the region’s defenses against bigger deluges induced by extreme weather. The area,
Emergency workers send food and materials to city of Shaoguan, where large areas are flooded and landslides have been reported The cities of Qingyuan, Huizhou and provincial capital Guangzhou have also been hit hard,