Rescue Operations Underway as Flooding Impacts Southern China's Guangdong Province

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21 April 2024 at 4:01 am

Rescue operations were underway on Saturday, April 20, as heavy rainfall in southern China caused rivers to flood in Guangdong, local news and officials reported.

According to China’s Central News Agency, heavy rains had caused flooding and landslides in several counties across southern China’s Guangdong province as of Sunday, with a total of 65 thunderstorm and gale warnings in effect across the region.

Guangdong Fire Protection said they were carrying out rescue operations as the province experienced a “large number of torrents and severe floods due to river backflow.”

“Many houses were flooded and many elderly and children were in urgent need of evacuation,” Guangdong Fire Protection said, according to a machine translation.

Footage here, released by the Guangdong Fire Protection, shows rescue operations on Saturday. Credit: Guangdong Fire Protection via Storyful

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