Torrential rains brought by Typhoon Co-May flooded roads and farmland in Zhoushan and Ningbo in east China's Zheijiang Province, as emergency crew members worked to clear floodwater and minimize damage caused by the storm.
Co-May, the eighth typhoon of this year, thundered ashore in Zhoushan in the early hours of Wednesday with winds blowing over 80 kilometers an hour at the storm's center.
Heavy rain inundated low-lying roads throughout the city, with local fire and municipal staff deployed to pump out water.
"We are now at the lowest point in this area, and floodwater from all drainage pipelines is converging here. There's also a pond in a nearby park and the solution at the moment is to pump floodwater to the pond to lower the water level of this area as much as we can," said Hu Lechao, a firefighter with the Xincheng unit of the Zhoushan Fire and Rescue Brigade.
Floodwater also inundated farmland, triggering swift action from local authorities.
"Starting at 04:00 in the morning, we opened all sluices in accordance with the tides. We try to discharge as much water as possible. If the water does not flow out from the internal sluices, we will use pumps to move it out," said Zhou Chaobo, a staff member with the Zhujiajian subdistrict authorities.
Rain lashed neighboring Xiangshang, a county in Ningbo, for the whole night, leaving over 10 centimeters of water on major roads on Wednesday morning.
Municipal workers opened manhole covers and deployed high-powered pumps, aimed to clear all flooded areas as quickly as possible.
The storm was forecast to close in on the major cities of Shanghai and Nanjing as it moved inland.
Emergency crew in Zhejiang battle flooding caused by Typhoon Co-May
Emergency crew in Zhejiang battle flooding caused by Typhoon Co-May
