2024 Guangdong floods explained

In April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in China, mainly affecting Guangdong Province.^[1]

In Guangdong Province, at least four deaths were confirmed, while 10 people were missing. As many as 110,000 people were evacuated. Tens of millions of people were reported affected.^[2]

Landslides in Shaoguan caused by heavy downpours injured six people and damaged 80 homes. Losses were estimated to be around 140 million yuan. Waterlogged soil led to a highway collapse in Meizhou on 2 May, killing at least 48.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-04-22 . Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods . 2024-04-22 . BBC News . en-GB.
2. Web site: Gan . Nectar . 2024-04-22 . Massive floods threaten tens of millions as intense rains batter southern China . 2024-04-22 . CNN . en.
3. Web site: 2024-05-02. Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse. 2 May 2024. AP News.