In a hamlet in eastern China, floods brought on by a lot of rain left five people dead and two more missing, according to official media on Sunday.
According to China National Radio, on Saturday afternoon, a hamlet in the Fuyang area of Hangzhou was swamped by enormous floodwaters that engulfed many of the locals’ homes. Authorities were rescuing people and transferring the injured people.
Seasonal flooding often affects huge portions of China, especially in the semitropical south. The worst floods in 50 years, however, have been observed in certain northern districts this year. This month, the torrents have affected many regions of the nation and have claimed lives. At least 15 people were killed by floods earlier this month in Chongqing’s southwest.
On Sunday, CCTV reported that 5,590 people had to be evacuated as severe rain transformed numerous streets in the northeastern province of Liaoning into rivers. 54 hectares of crops and around 30 homes were also damaged, it said. Some Hubei citizens who were hit by rainstorms were confined to their houses and cars. According to official broadcaster People’s Daily, by Saturday night, authorities had evacuated or saved around 220 inhabitants of Xianning city.
In 1998, China saw its worst and most damaging floods in recent memory, killing 4,150 people, the majority of whom were located around the Yangtze River. In the Henan province, in the center of China, more than 300 people died in 2021. On July 20 of that year, a record amount of rain swamped the provincial capital of Zhengzhou, turning the streets into raging rivers and drowning at least a portion of a subway line.