China's Nanning on Top Alert as Typhoon Maysak Triggers Catastrophic Flooding
Authorities said 29 rivers and 36 hydrological stations remained above flood warning levels as evacuations continued and reservoir breaches spread across the region.
- On Monday, July 6, Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, raised its flood control response to Level I due to "extremely heavy rain" from Typhoon Maysak, China Central Television reported.
- Following its first mainland landfall in Hainan on Friday, July 3, Maysak struck Vietnam on Sunday, July 5, prompting authorities to release water from reservoirs to increase storage capacity ahead of the storm.
- The Guangxi Hydrology Center confirmed 29 rivers and 36 hydrological stations remained above flood warning levels on Saturday, while a 50-metre gap formed after a reservoir breach in Hengzhou.
- Local officials evacuated more than 300 residents from the Liulan Reservoir area in Hengzhou, while the Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched additional teams to Guangxi and Liaoning Province for relief efforts.
- Meteorologists warn that storm remnants will bring heavy rainfall to Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hunan in coming days, while Super Typhoon Bavi tracks across the Pacific Ocean toward Taiwan.
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A southern Chinese region reels from floods and destruction from remnants of tropical storm
A southern Chinese region is reeling from the destruction and widespread flooding caused by record-breaking rain on Wednesday from the remnants of Tropical Storm Maysak.
Typhoon Maysak has brought heavy rains to southern China. The rain has caused widespread destruction, including the damage to a water reservoir in the Guangxi region. Rivers have overflowed in cities in the region, causing major flooding. The storm weakened slightly on Monday, but there is still a risk of flooding as it moves further across the country, according to Chinese media.
China's Nanning on top alert as Typhoon Maysak triggers catastrophic flooding
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