Heavy Rains Floods Southeast China

In Fujian province, heavy rains caused floods that toppled buildings and forced people from their homes. 

 

In Hunan province, state television reported that more than a thousand people were evacuated to higher ground to escape flooding from two major rivers that had overflowed their banks. 

 

In Jiangxi, farmers had to save their livestock after flash floods wiped out farmland.

 

According to state media reports, some 42 rivers across the region were swollen to dangerous levels. More than 700,000 people had been adversely affected by the heavy rains and flooding.