Over 200 Residents Evacuated After Heavy Flooding in Southern China

11 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Apr 28

Qinzhou city in Guangxi recorded more than 270 millimeters of rain in 24 hours, its highest April total.
Rescue crews used inflatable boats to relocate trapped residents, with firefighters carrying elderly people through chest-high water.
Such intense rainfall is rare in late April, typically only occurring after the summer monsoon; schools and most traffic resumed Tuesday morning.

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