On Tuesday, torrential rains continued to pummelled portions of southern China, aggravating the flood crisis by driving swollen rivers to burst their banks, sparking landslides, and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes across provinces.
In addition to inundating homes and buildings and ruining crops, the greatest rainfall in decades and the resulting floods have killed over 50 people and left many missing.
In a year when supply chains are already pressured because to Covid-19-related limitations, the constant downpours in the Pearl River basin, a manufacturing and commercial hub in south China, have stretched emergency workers, affected industry, and slowed logistics.
The water levels of the Pearl River basin’s principal rivers, including the Xijiang and Beijiang rivers, have been steadily rising as a result of recent rains
“Some areas in (the province of) Guangdong and Guangxi (autonomous region) will be particularly vulnerable to mountain torrents and other disasters,” according to the state news agency Xinhua.
China set aside 200 million yuan (about $29.92 million) in central disaster-relief funding for impacted provinces late Tuesday.
According to an official announcement, the emergency funding would be utilised to support flood control and disaster relief activities in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan, as well as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
China has been hit hard by extreme weather this month.
