Many trapped by unseasonal floods in China
by Yahoo
Yahoo— STORY: China’s Guangdong province faces severe floods. Rescuers on boats rushed to evacuate residents on Monday, carrying some elderly people on their backs. Helicopters were deployed to save villagers who were caught in landslides.Ling Ziuzhen lives in Qingyuan city: “Since two years ago, the rainfall started to get relatively heavy, and this year. In the past, the floods rarely rose to this point. At least the floods got drained.”Situated in the densely populated Pearl River Delta – the...
Yahoo—Tens of thousands evacuated from floods in China's south. STORY: More than 700 school students stranded in their dormitories after heavy rains and the ensuing floods were rescued by emergency workers, said CCTV.The southern Chinese province has been battered by unusually heavy, sustained and widespread rainfall since Thursday (April 18), with powerful storms ushering in an earlier-than-normal start to the region's annual flooding season.As of Monday morning, 11 people were missing in Guangdong, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported without giving...
Yahoo—Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods. Authorities have evacuated nearly 60,000 people from their homes in Guangdong, as days of heavy rain caused massive flooding in China's most...
BBC News—Bridge collapses as floods hit China's south. The country’s south has been battered by heavy rainfall, with tens of thousands of people evacuated.