Summer Deluge Forces Tens of Thousands to Flee in Guizhou

drone view shows buildings and roads are half submerged in floodwaters after heavy rainfalls, in Rongjiang county, Guizhou province, China June 24. Unusually heavy rains struck Guizhou province on Wednesday, half-submerging the city of 300,000 people as fast-rising floodwaters swept away cars and damaged vital infrastructure/Reuters
Flooding in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou has displaced more than 80,000 people, according to state media reports on Wednesday. The deluge comes amid a summer of extreme weather across the country, with searing heat waves gripping vast regions even as relentless rainstorms batter others.
Emergency response teams have been dispatched to the hardest-hit areas in two counties of Guizhou, where authorities have raised the flood control alert to its highest level.
Al Jazeera.