{"id":31862,"date":"2024-04-21T10:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T10:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/21\/heavy-rains-hit-southern-china-as-hong-kong-spots-a-waterspout\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T10:13:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T10:13:36","slug":"heavy-rains-hit-southern-china-as-hong-kong-spots-a-waterspout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/21\/heavy-rains-hit-southern-china-as-hong-kong-spots-a-waterspout\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rains Hit Southern China as Hong Kong Spots a Waterspout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/04\/21\/world\/21xp-chinaweather\/21xp-chinaweather-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Heavy Rains Hit Southern China as Hong Kong Spots a Waterspout\" title=\"Heavy Rains Hit Southern China as Hong Kong Spots a Waterspout\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Torrential rain battered Southern China on Sunday, causing flooding and forcing tens of thousands of evacuations in the country\u2019s most populous province, as a waterspout appeared briefly in Hong Kong and forecasters warned of potentially severe flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Rain has been falling in Guangdong, which has a population of about 127 million people, since last week. It intensified over the weekend, hammering the north of the province and the Pearl River Delta in the south, which includes Guangdong\u2019s capital, Guangzhou, as well as the cities of Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The city of Yingde, in Guangdong\u2019s north, received nearly a foot of rain from Friday to Sunday, the state owned China Daily newspaper <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/china.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202404\/21\/WS6624afe5a3109f7860dda463.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported on Sunday<\/a>. Nearly 20,000 people were evacuated and nine rivers were at risk of overflowing, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Guangzhou, the Longxue neighborhood received nearly five inches of rain over four hours on Sunday morning, the highest amount in the province. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Beijiang River, a tributary of the Pearl River, flooded on Saturday night, China\u2019s Ministry of Water Resources <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/mwr.gov.cn\/xw\/sjzs\/202404\/t20240421_1709455.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> on Sunday. As the downpour continued, the river faced a risk of a \u201cexceptionally large\u201d flooding through Monday, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And in Hong Kong, a Chinese territory south of Guangdong, a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hk.observatory\/videos\/1577195432829522\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">waterspout was sighted<\/a> over water by the local meteorological agency on Sunday morning. Waterspouts are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/waterspout.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">whirling columns of air and water mist<\/a> that form when cold air moves over warmer water, drawing up moisture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There were no reports of the waterspout causing damage, and a rainstorm warning for the city was canceled at 2 p.m. But forecasters warned of violent winds and possible flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Heavy rain was also affecting parts of the neighboring Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Jiangxi and Fujian on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The heaviest rain was forecast to shift from the north to the east of Guangdong on Monday, and some areas could receive up to 10 inches of rain over 24 hours, according to the China Weather Network, an arm of the country\u2019s meteorological authority. The rainfall was expected to begin easing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thunderstorms and sometimes heavy showers were also forecast for Hong Kong on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/21\/world\/asia\/china-rain-hong-kong-waterspout.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torrential rain battered Southern China on Sunday, causing flooding and forcing tens of thousands of evacuations in the country\u2019s most populous province, as a waterspout appeared briefly in Hong Kong and forecasters warned of potentially severe flooding. Rain has been falling in Guangdong, which has a population of about 127 million people, since last week. 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