Days of torrential rainfall have swelled rivers and waterways in southern China's Pearl River Delta, with authorities warning heavy flooding is expected.
QINGYUAN, China (Reuters) -Floods swamped a handful of cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking worries about the region's defences against bigger deluges induced by extreme weather events. Its defences against disruptive floods were severely tested in June 2022 when Guangdong was pounded by the heaviest downpours in six decades. Since Thursday, Guangdong has been battered by unusually heavy, sustained and widespread rainfall, with
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rescuers on boats in China's flood-ravaged Guangdong province raced to evacuate trapped residents, carrying some elderly people by piggyback from their homes and deploying helicopters to save villagers caught in rural landslides.
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