Torrential rain drenched south China

Torrential rain drenched Lingui District and Quanzhou County in Guilin City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, causing severe waterlogging and triggering landslides.

The downpour forced local weather department to upgrade rainstorm alert from orange to red, the highest alert level in the country’s four-tier weather warning system. Local emergency response teams, in cooperation with community rescue forces, swiftly worked to pump out the water and clear the affected areas.