South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is still bracing for heavy rainfall Wednesday and Thursday, even as the area affected by downpours across the country is expected to shrink.
Central, eastern and southern parts of Guangxi have experienced heavy to torrential rains, with locally extreme downpours since Saturday. The cumulative rainfall ranged from 100 to 400 millimeters, with some areas exceeding 900 millimeters.
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters maintained a Level-II flood-control emergency response for Guangxi, the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief maintained a Level-IV national disaster relief emergency response, and the Ministry of Emergency Management maintained a Level-III national geological disaster emergency response for the region.
China has a four-tier emergency response system, with level I being the most severe.
Six people are dead and 11 others missing as of Tuesday evening after torrential rains triggered flooding in Guangxi, local authorities reported.
The torrential rains caused by Typhoon Maysak have affected 375,000 people across Guangxi and a total of 130,000 people have been evacuated from the affected areas, according to officials at a media conference.
Heavy rainfall continues to hit parts of Guangxi in south China
