A Powerful rainstorm and hailstorm lashed parts of south China's Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday, damaging crops and triggering emergency responses.
In Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, the heavy rain began around 14:00, with 30 to 50 millimeters of precipitation recorded within approximately one hour in Yuexiu and Tianhe districts.
Local meteorological authorities said the cumulative rainfall on Sunday reached 70 to 80 millimeters.
Prior to the downpour, multiple districts had issued alerts for rainstorms, strong wind, and hailstorms.
Meanwhile, Hezhou City in neighboring Guangxi also experienced extreme weather on Sunday, with local meteorological authorities issuing an orange hailstorm alert for Babu and Pinggui districts around noon time.
At around 13:00 on Sunday, a hailstorm hit several districts in Hezhou City, lasting about five minutes and causing damage to crops.
A hailstorm was also reported in Baise City of Guangxi, where crops were damaged.
In Lingyun County of Baise, the hailstorm was accompanied by powerful wind, with hailstones measuring up to 10 millimeters in diameter.
Following the disasters, emergency management, public security, meteorological, and firefighting departments across the affected regions immediately activated emergency responses and launched rescue operations.
China has a four-tier weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
Powerful rainstorm, hailstorm lash Guangdong, Guangxi, triggering emergency responses
Demonstrations swept across U.S. cities on Saturday in the third wave of "No Kings" rallies, with tens of thousands voicing anger over foreign wars and immigration enforcement.
In Los Angeles, protesters filled downtown streets, denouncing the administration's policies and demanding accountability after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities.
Organizers said more than 3,100 rallies erupted across major cities including Washington, New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with U.S. reports estimating 900,000 participants, the biggest single-day protest ever recorded.
Alyssa, a protester in Los Angeles, said she joined the march to highlight what she called a widespread rejection of government actions, describing the rallies as a channel for public dissent.
"I came here today because what's going on is really wrong and really evil. And this is one of the great ways to let people know that this is unacceptable and that a huge portion of the population is against everything that this regime is doing," she said.
Many demonstrators tied the protests directly to the strikes in Iran, saying the conflict had been imposed on the public as a distraction from domestic troubles.
"This is a war that nobody wanted, an illegal war, one that we were forced into by a wannabe fascist dictator in order to distract from the issues going on at home," Alyssa said.
Others pointed to confusion over U.S. objectives in the Middle East, saying the government lacked a clear strategy.
"It's hard to know what my country even thinks it's doing right now in the Middle East. I'm distraught and I mainly distraught for the Iranian people," said David, another protester.
Some compared the intervention to historic blunders, warning it risked becoming another Vietnam‑style quagmire of a costly conflict with no clear objectives and little public support.
"I'm absolutely disgusted with our government for getting involved in a war that we have no business being in. It's like another Vietnam with even less of a reason," said another protester Lucy.
Lucy believes that U.S. foreign policy has broken down entirely, leaving no coherent framework to guide decisions.
"No, not even a tiny bit. There is no foreign policy right now," Lucy said.
David added that current foreign policy appeared to be rooted in outdated corporate-style governance, rather than democratic decision-making.
"So currently, the US government foreign policy, it seems like it's really scattershot. And it seems to be based on a kind of outdated model of corporate governance. And that's not how governments, and that's not how people actually get things done. So no, the foreign policy right now seems to be about murky backroom deals. And that's not what democracy is," said David.
Others cited civilian casualties and loopholes used to justify military actions.
"As far as what the US does for policies, what loopholes they used to justify bombing a school for instance, there is no justification for that. So I don't understand the US policy when it comes to foreign wars. I don't understand it at all," said Jeremy, a protester.
Nate, another demonstrator, accused the government of hypocrisy and corruption.
"The USA government is nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. All there are about is money, power and protecting child predators," said Nate, another protester.
The protests underscored mounting public opposition to the administration's foreign policy, following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities on Feb. 28 that killed Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei along with senior commanders and civilians.
Mass "No Kings" protests sweep US cities as Middle East tension drags on
