Southern China hit by severe rain, floods as ‘dragon boat water’ peaks – Times of India

BEIJING: A severe storm has lashed vast areas of southern China, flooding cities and causing landslides in rural areas, as the first round of summer rains reached their peak.
Cars and one-story homes were washed away in at least two counties in southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Saturday, turning roads into rivers, according to videos circulated on Chinese social media. Some areas have received the most rain in 60 years.
in the neighboring autonomous region GuangxiState media said on Saturday that five villagers died after coming in the way of a house made of wood after it was hit by torrential rain.
There have also been reports of landslides and road collapses.
According to state weather forecasts on Sunday, as a rain window known as “Dragon Boat Water” peaks, the provinces of Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang, as well as Guangxi, will receive heavy rain until early next week. Will continue
In southern China, the weeks before and after the Dragon Boat Festival in early June are traditionally marked by volatile and rainy weather as warm and humid air from the south collides with cool air from the north.
According to the local weather bureau, early summer storms have been higher in intensity and longer than usual this year, with the most rainfall in Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian since 1961.
“Cold and warm air has converged in southern China, and the two sides have entered into a standoff and tug of war,” it said. wang viuAn analyst at Weather.com.cn, a branch of China Meteorological Administration,
China has historically been vulnerable to summer floods, but in recent times, it has become more vulnerable to deforestation, wetland reclamation, and water storage for electricity generation and irrigation. Climate change has also been blamed.
Hundreds of people died due to severe floods in July 2021 private loan agreementA city of 12 million in central China, some of which drowned in a submerged subway line.
On-going rain in southern China is expected to subside around the summer solstice on Tuesday.