Rising floodwaters have prompted China to relocate a total of 54,000 people in Guangxi, state television reports.
Widespread flooding triggered by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra has intensified across southern China, submerging homes, shops and forcing thousands of people to relocate.
Authorities in Chongzuo, in China’s Guangxi region, evacuated more than 15,000 people after water levels surpassed a record high set in 2008.
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China’s southern island province of Hainan, after lingering over the Beibu Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Tonkin, in the northwestern part of the South China Sea for several days, dumping heavy rain on Guangxi and the nearby provinces of Hainan and Guangdong.
state media reported Heavy rain is expected to persist across parts of Vietnam and southern China through Wednesday, with areas of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan and Fujian forecast to receive torrential rainfall.
In Chongzuo, river water overflowed into the city, with water levels reaching the rooftops of some buildings and power lines.
A notice from Chongzuo authorities on Monday ordered all businesses and tourist operations to cease and urged evacuated residents not to return to high-risk areas.
Meanwhile, Japan’s weather agency warned of destructive gusts as Typhoon Saudel approached the southwestern islands of Okinawa prefecture, bringing extremely strong winds and high seas.
Taiwan Central Weather Administration said that Saudel is expected to pass north of Taiwan and bring rainfall to the island, although its intensity is forecast to gradually weaken and its storm-force wind radius to shrink.
However, uncertainty remains about the timing and extent of the typhoon’s rainfall impact, it added.
Reuters.
