Heavy rainfall and floods since 09 June 2016 have affected southern parts of China, leaving 1 dead and 5 missing, destroying 1,100 homes and forcing 16,000 to evacuate.
Ganzhou in Jiangxi recorded almost 150 mm in 24 hours between 12 and 13 June.
The victim died after a house collapsed in Raoping County in eastern Guangdong Province. Guizhou Provincial Civil Affairs Department report that 5 people are missing.
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs say that the provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan have all been affected.
Hailstorms, lightning and strong wind in northern parts of China have also caused major problems. The provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Heilongjiang Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia have all been affetced, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who say that one person has died and 2 are missing.
Heavy rain has also caused some flooding in southern parts of Taiwan, where police managed to rescue one man trapped in flood waters, according to local media.
Rainfall
Rainfall for a 24 hour period from 12 to 13 June, 2016.
Taichung, Taiwan – 70 mm
Shengsi – 68.1 mm
Shanghai – 55.3 mm
Hangzhou – 54.1 mm
Suzhou – 69.9 mm
Nancheng – 104.0 mm
Ji’an – 77.1 mm
Changting – 85.6 mm
Ganzhou – 143.1 mm
Shaoguan – 63.3 mm
Guangzhou – 53.6 mm
Fogang – 51.5 mm
Hechi – 65.1 mm
Rainfall for a 24 hour period from 11 to 12 June, 2016.
Rongjiang – 59.1 mm
Wugang – 68 mm
Shanwei – 107 mm
Shantou – 82 mm
Huang Shan – 58.2 mm
