Severe flooding caused by heavy rains following Typhoon Gaemi has inundated southern China’s Hunan province, resulting in 30 deaths and 35 people missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday (2).
Firefighters and soldiers were seen negotiating muddy mountain roads and landslide areas to rescue residents trapped in villages surrounded by floodwaters.
The city of Zixing bore the brunt of the typhoon in Hunan, which was hit by 673.9 mm of rain in 24 hours, local authorities said at a news conference on Friday, equivalent to a quarter of the average annual rainfall.
In nearby mountain villages, roads were damaged and bridges were destroyed. Drone footage broadcast by CCTV showed hundreds of landslides covering vast mountainous areas.
Mountainous terrain and dense forests presented challenges for rescue teams, authorities said, as they were forced to walk to the worst-hit areas, cut off by road washouts.
Even before Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on July 25, China had been hit by months of extreme weather that battered southern provinces with record rainfall and heatwaves battered northern regions. Meteorological authorities are warning of even more severe weather in August.
Source: CNN Brasil
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