High and dry: Chinese motorist parks on raised footbridge to avoid flooding

A driver in eastern China came up with a novel solution to keep his car safe when floodwaters rose during Typhoon Soudelor – he drove his vehicle up the steps and on to an overhead footbridge.

The motorist was driving in Fuzhou in Fujian province when he was caught in a downpour on Friday.

“It was raining really hard and the water levels were rising,” the driver was quoted as saying on the website News.qq.com.

He feared the vehicle would stall if he stopped, so he drove on to the raised walkway.

He later managed to get his car off the bridge after water levels had fallen.