Over 80,000 people evacuated after flooding in southwest China

Flooding in China's southwest has driven more than 80,000 people from their homes, state media said on Wednesday.

Over 80,000 people had been evacuated by Tuesday afternoon in the southwestern province of Guizhou. Severe flooding has inundated villages and collapsed a bridge in one mountainous area of the province. Rescue teams have been sent to two counties in Guizhou, where the flood control emergency response has been raised to its highest level.