The floods in Guangdong province were caused by intense convective storms that started last week and are expected to last until the end of the month.
Floods have swamped 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.
The downpours have killed four people and 10 others remain missing in the province as of Monday, state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported. The province once dubbed the “factory floor of the world” is prone to summer floods. Its defences against disruptive floods were severely tested in June 2022 when Guangdong was pounded by the heaviest downpours in six decades. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated.
“I won’t be making any money this year, I will be making losses,” he said, estimating his losses at about 100,000 yuan . “What can we do? We won’t get reimbursed for our losses.” Others remained on the upper floors of their houses, waiting for the waters to recede as friends delivered food by boat. Precipitation records for April have been broken in many parts of Guangdong, with the cities of Shaoguan, Zhaoqing and Jiangmen to the west and north of Guangzhou also half-submerged in floodwaters.
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