{"id":80081,"date":"2024-06-24T14:16:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/the-deadly-flooding-tearing-through-southern-china-in-photos\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:16:07","slug":"the-deadly-flooding-tearing-through-southern-china-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/the-deadly-flooding-tearing-through-southern-china-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deadly Flooding Tearing Through Southern China, in Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 47 people have died in southern China\u2019s Guangdong Province after torrential rains set off flooding and landslides, according to the Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n

The city of Meizhou, home to about 3.8 million people, began experiencing \u201conce-in-a-century\u201d rainfall last week, according to state media. On Monday, officials were still working to restore power and water to some residents, after they said on Sunday that around 9,000 households remained without electricity.<\/p>\n

Initially, officials reported that nine people<\/a> in Meizhou had died. But on Friday afternoon, the death toll leaped dramatically, as officials reported an additional 38 deaths in Pingyuan, a county under Meizhou\u2019s jurisdiction. Two more people there were still missing, they said, though no more information has been released.<\/p>\n

More than 100,000 people were evacuated, state media said.<\/p>\n

Meizhou has been hit hard by extreme weather this year. In May, 48 people died after a nearly 60-foot segment of an expressway there collapsed<\/a>, also after days of heavy rain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n