{"id":465717,"date":"2022-06-20T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/south-china-hit-by-severe-rains-triggering-floods\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:43:00","slug":"south-china-hit-by-severe-rains-triggering-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/south-china-hit-by-severe-rains-triggering-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"#South China hit by severe rains, triggering floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2879d28f261\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2879d28f261\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/south-china-hit-by-severe-rains-triggering-floods\/#%E2%80%9CSouth_China_hit_by_severe_rains_triggering_floods%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;South China hit by severe rains, triggering floods&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSouth_China_hit_by_severe_rains_triggering_floods%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;South China hit by severe rains, triggering floods&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>BEIJING, June 19 \u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vast tracts of southern\u00a0China\u00a0were pounded by severe storms, triggering flooding in cities and mudslides in rural areas, as the first bout of summer rains reached the peak of their power.<\/p>\n<p>Streets turned to swollen rivers as cars and single-story houses were swept away in at least two counties in Guizhou province in southwestern\u00a0China\u00a0on Saturday, according to videos circulating on Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. The rainfall in some areas has been the heaviest in 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>In neighboring autonomous region Guangxi, five villagers were killed when a house built of wood gave way after being lashed by torrential rains, state media said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mudslides and road collapses were also reported.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall will persist in the provinces of Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang, as well as in Guangxi, until early next week, according to state weather forecasts on Sunday, as a rainy window known as \u201cdragon boat water\u201d peaks.<\/p>\n<p>In southern\u00a0China, the weeks preceding and following the Dragon Boat Festival in early June are traditionally marked by unsettled and rainy weather as warm and humid air in the south collides with cooler air masses from the north.<\/p>\n<p>The early summer storms have been greater in intensity and more prolonged than usual this year, with precipitation in Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian at its highest since 1961, according to local weather bureaus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/China-flood-embed.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents with a dinghy following heavy rainfall in Yongfu county of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China June 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22728640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/China-flood-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/China-flood-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/China-flood-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents with a dinghy following heavy rainfall in Yongfu county of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China June 17, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VIA REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCold and warm air has converged over southern\u00a0China, and the two sides have entered into a deadlock and a tug of war,\u201d said Wang Weiyue, an analyst at weather.com.cn, an arm of the\u00a0China\u00a0Meteorological Administration.<\/p>\n<p>China\u00a0is historically prone to summer flooding, but in recent times, it has become more vulnerable due to deforestation, reclamation of wetlands and storage of water for power generation and irrigation. Climate change has also been blamed.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2021, hundreds of people died when extreme flooding struck Zhengzhou, a city of 12 million in central\u00a0China, some of whom drowned in a submerged subway line.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL8N2U12BT&amp;linkedFromStory=true\">Read full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ongoing rains in southern\u00a0China\u00a0are expected to ease around the summer solstice on Tuesday.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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