China's Guangzhou Floods, 53,741 People Evacuated

Illustration of vehicles hit by floods. (Wade Austin Ellis-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - A total of 53,741 people were evacuated due to floods and landslides that hit a number of areas in China's Guangzhou Province. Extreme rains have been known to fall since Thursday 18 April, causing many points in the province to be flooded.

Reuters via Xinhua reported that the cities of Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing and Jiangmen in the west and north of Guangzhou were most affected by this natural disaster.

In Qingyuan, according to local news agencies, houses and shops along the Bei River were flooded when the Pearl River tributary hit after heavy rains flushed the area.

The joint SAR team that took to the flood site in Guandong Province deployed a boat. They evacuated residents, especially the elderly (elderly) whose houses were affected by the flood.

SAR helicopters were also deployed to rescue villagers trapped in landslides in rural areas.

The Chinese military also intervened to help clean the road from landslide material.

The rain subsided on Monday, April 22 morning, but a number of activities at schools in Guangzhou Province have not yet run normally.

Heavy rain accompanied by lightning is expected to occur again this weekend in Guangzhou. It marks an unusual and more common early rainy season in May and June.