Torrential rain has triggered flash flooding, landslides and mudflows in many parts of China, disrupting traffic and forcing people to evacuate.
Due to heavy rainfall in central China’s Henan Province, Beijing’s railway department will temporarily shut 163 passenger trains on routes passing through Henan from Wednesday to Thursday.
Between 9 a.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. Wednesday, 1,464 firefighters equipped with 107 boats in Henan engaged in rescue work related to rainstorms, rescuing and evacuating 548 people and discharging 44,700 tonnes of water.
In the neighboring Shaanxi Province, heavy downpours have caused landslides and mudflows alongside sections of two highways and an expressway in the city of Baoji, leading to traffic disruptions. No casualties have been reported so far, local authorities said on Wednesday.
At around 1 a.m. Wednesday, a railroad bridge in the city sustained damage from flooding, causing a train that was conducting a flood-control patrol to fall from the bridge, injuring two crew members.
