Heavy rains continue to batter China’s Guangdong province as forecasters warn more storms are coming
- The main rainbands moved to the southern coast after floods further north killed at least four people and displaced tens of thousands of residents
- Forecasters said the rain would ease over the next one or two days, but warned there would be more storms later in the week
The main rainbands moved south to the coast with the cities of Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Jiangmen and Yangjiang experiencing the heaviest rain on Tuesday morning.
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Chinese residents battle record-breaking rainstorm
Over a hundred weather observation stations recorded 50mm to 100mm (2-4 inches) of rain in the space of three hours, according to the Guangzhou Meteorological Service.
Previously the worst affected areas were in the north of the province, with floods and landslides displacing more than 110,000 people along the Bei River, a tributary of the Pearl River.
State news agency Xinhua said the Bei had recorded its highest levels in over 50 years years on Monday, although the floodwaters have now started to recede, according to Guangzhou-based news site dayoo.com.
The National Meteorological Centre said the rain would lessen on Tuesday evening and Wednesday, but warned there would be further storms later in the week which will last until Friday.
Central parts of Shenzhen, which sits on the border with Hong Kong, saw the worst rainfall on Tuesday with the city authorities issuing a red alert, the highest level in the country’s four-tier warning system.