Authorities have evacuated nearly 60,000 people from their homes in
Authorities have said water levels in China’s Guangdong province are "dangerously high," sweeping through a number of cities.
Read the full story: https://sc.mp/nzev7 Residents in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have been placed on high alert for “once in 50 years” river levels
Authorities have evacuated nearly 60,000 people from their homes in
Floods ravaging the southern province of Guangdong, China, killed four people, and ten more are missing, Chinese state media reported Monday.
Emergency workers send food and materials to city of Shaoguan, where large areas are flooded and landslides have been reported, while more than 60,000 people have been relocated from their homes in the city of Qingyuan.
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PINEVILLE, Mo. — For those who make their living on the river, the recent heavy rains have been both a blessing and a curse. It seems almost everybody was impacted in some way by this past weekend's storms and floods, especially those who've built a business, on the water. "We had some rise, but no []
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...
Overnight another round of heavy rain, lightning, strong winds and hail
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...