Catastrophic flooding has ravaged China’s Guizhou province, leaving at least six people dead and over 80,000 displaced. Torrential rains from an “exceptionally large flood” inundated Rongjiang county, damaging infrastructure, severing communications, and trapping residents. State-run media reports show rescue teams operating in submerged areas, with temporary shelters being set up. Meanwhile, a tropical depression made landfall in Hainan and is expected to impact Guangdong next. The twin disasters come amid China’s ongoing summer of climate extremes, including deadly heatwaves, typhoons, and repeated evacuations across provinces.
