Southern Chinese region reels from floods and destruction from remnants of tropical storm
BEIJING — A southern Chinese region on Wednesday was reeling from the destruction and widespread flooding caused by record-breaking rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Maysak.
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Officials said six people were killed, and 11 others were missing in the Guangxi region by Tuesday evening. The severe weather forced 130,000 people to evacuate, according to the regional propaganda office.
Some residents were still waiting to be rescued. Lu Xiaofei, who works in Shenzhen, a tech hub near Hong Kong, said her brother’s family was stuck at his house in Lu village in Qintang district. His brother was with his wife, his 9-month-old baby, their parents and grandfather.
“The water in the house is over one person’s height. They have to all move to the second floor. The power has been out since yesterday morning, and now they don’t have running water, either,” Lu told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
Others called for help on social media, showing videos of their inundated surroundings following the flooding and highlighting their lack of resources.
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Local media Litchi News reported that snakes from breeding facilities were washed away and were at large in the city of Hengzhou, with some attempting to enter houses. It quoted a villager saying that over a dozen people were bitten.
The national meteorological center said heavy rain had been battering central-eastern and southern parts of Guangxi since last Saturday, with cumulative rainfall amounts reaching 4 to 16 inches in some areas. Some hard-hit areas recorded over 35 inches, it said. The weather agency said heavy rain would continue to affect the areas on Wednesday.
Some train services were suspended in the region for safety reasons.
While Guangxi was grappling with floods, Super Typhoon Bavi is expected to hit parts of southeastern China over the weekend.
Elsewhere in Asia, severe weather also caused deaths. Landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in southeastern Bangladesh killed several Rohingya refugees, including five children. Heavy monsoon rains battered parts of neighboring India, leaving over a dozen of people dead over the past few days.
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