At least Seven people died and three are missing as a result of multiple landslides they will hit a town It is located in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi, Xinhua news agency reported this Tuesday.
A landslide occurred in Yulin city last night. Heavy rains and floods affecting the province this Sunday and Monday.
A total of 11 weather stations in the city reported that rainfall from the remnants of Typhoon Haikui exceeded 400 mm in the region, causing instability in the terrain and facilitating landslides. According to the Provincial Hydrological Center, the main tributaries of the Nanliu, Beiliu and Baisha rivers suffered inundation of 2 to 6 meters, while 17 other waterways experienced inundation exceeding the warning level of 0.01 to 3.18 metres.
Rains have affected southern regions such as Canton and Fujian this weekend, as well as the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong, which has recorded 600 mm of water in several regions so far; This represents a quarter of the annual rainfall this region receives. area.
Summers in 2021 and 2022 were marked by rainfalls of unprecedented intensity in decades in the center of the country, with more than 300 deaths and persistent drought in regions further south.