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Heavy rain batters many parts of China, triggering flood, emergency responses

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Heavy rain batters many parts of China, triggering flood, emergency responses

2026-06-23 15:29 Last Updated At:16:07

Heavy rainfall is continuing to batter China, triggering flooding and emergency responses across multiple provinces in east, central and southwest China.

On Monday, torrential downpours — some reaching extreme levels — drenched parts of Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai. Southern Guizhou was hit especially hard, with record-breaking rainfall in some areas.

The flood peak of the Liujiang River hit Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday, with water levels 3.14 meters above the alert mark, flooding many roads and prompting emergency responses from many local departments.

By Tuesday morning, the water had receded to the warning level of 82.5 meters and is still falling.

Heavy rain has also caused significant flooding in Guangxi's Laibin City.

The flow at the Wuxuan hydrological station in Laibin reached 25,000 cubic meters per second at 17:30 on Monday, making it the first flood this year in the Xijiang River.

Heavy rain batters many parts of China, triggering flood, emergency responses

Heavy rain batters many parts of China, triggering flood, emergency responses

The 7,582-meter-long Beiping Tunnel on the Xi'an-Chongqing High-Speed Railway has been bored through on Tuesday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, marking a major step forward for the railway's scheduled opening.

The tunnel is a key engineering project in the Ankang-Chongqing section of the Xi'an-Chongqing High-speed Railway, an integral part of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network.

Stretching 478 kilometers on its main line, the Ankang-Chongqing railway section has a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, and is slated for opening in 2028.

Upon completion, the railway will slash travel time between Chongqing and Xi'an from the current fastest five plus hours to around two hours.

The new line will also help optimize the high-speed rail network in central and western China, bringing greater convenience to people traveling along the route.

Beiping Tunnel on Xi'an-Chongqing high-speed railway drilled through

Beiping Tunnel on Xi'an-Chongqing high-speed railway drilled through

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