2024 Guangdong floods

Natural disaster in China
2024 Guangdong Floods
Aerial photography of Jiaoling County, Meizhou after the flood (as of 19 June 2024)
Date16 April 2024 (2024-04-16) - now
LocationGuangdong, China
CauseTorrential rain
Deaths52
America NOAA 7 Day Rainfall Data for China Region(22 April 2024 to 28 April 2024)

In April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in China, mainly affecting Guangdong Province.[1]

In Guangdong Province, at least four deaths were confirmed, while 10 people were missing. As many as 110,000 people were evacuated.[1] Tens of millions of people were reported affected.[2]

Landslides in Shaoguan caused by heavy downpours injured six people and damaged 80 homes. Losses were estimated to be around 140 million yuan.[2] Waterlogged soil led to a highway collapse in Meizhou on 2 May, killing at least 48.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods". BBC News. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ a b Gan, Nectar (2024-04-22). "Massive floods threaten tens of millions as intense rains batter southern China". CNN. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  3. ^ "Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse". AP News. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
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