Nine people have died and six others are missing after downpours caused historic flooding in rural parts of Guangdong province in southern China. Authorities have warned of more flooding ahead in other parts of the country. Four people died and four others are missing in Meixian district in Guangdong’s Meizhou city, state broadcaster CCTV reported […]
BEIJING (AP) — Nine people have died and six are missing after downpours caused historic flooding in rural parts of Guangdong province in southern China, while authorities warned Friday of more flooding ahead in other parts of the country. Four people died and four are missing, in Meixian district in Guangdong’s Meizhou city, state broadcaster […]
A dramatic photo of a destroyed highway surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the aftermath of a deadly road collapse in China’s southern Guangdong province on May 1, 2024. The picture in fact shows a road in Zhejiang province in eastern China that was swept away in a landslide in 2011. […]
BEIJING (AP) — A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, local officials said, after the area had experienced heavy rain in recent days. Eighteen cars fell down a slope after a 17.9-meter- (58.7-foot) -long section of the highway collapsed, according to a statement from authorities […]
By Bernard Orr and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -Major rivers, waterways and reservoirs in China’s Guangdong province are threatening to unleash dangerous floods, forcing the government on Sunday to enact emergency response plans to protect more than 127 million people. Calling the situation “grim”, local weather officials said sections of rivers and tributaries at the […]