More than 1,800 people were stranded in a county in north China's Hebei Province after heavy rains from Typhoon Bavi triggered flash floods that washed out major roads on Sunday.
The torrential rain battered Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County in Chengde City on Sunday night, causing widespread damage. Floodwaters washed out swathes of roads across nine villages in four towns, completely paralyzing local transportation.
In response to the rising waters, local authorities activated a Level-I flood control emergency response, the highest in China's four-tier warning system.
More than 1,000 emergency personnel, including firefighters, police, and rescue crews, have been deployed to the affected areas to carry out rescue operations and clear blocked roads. Trapped residents are currently being evacuated to temporary shelters.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year that made landfall on China's eastern coast over the weekend, has continued to push northwards, bringing the torrential rain to several northern provinces.
Typhoon Bavi triggers flash floods in north China, stranding over 1,800
Local armed police and militiamen were busy carrying out relief work in the typhoon-hit areas of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday, as the massive clear-up operation continues following the devastating flooding which decimated several rural communities.
At least 39 people were killed after Typhoon Maysak, the 10th typhoon of the year, triggered extreme rainstorms that caused severe flooding in parts of Guangxi in the Pearl River basin starting last weekend.
As the storms recede, rescue and recovery teams are continuing to provide aid to previously cut-off communities in the badly-hit city of Hengzhou, after the town's main road was reopened on Saturday.
In the city's Yunbiao Town, over 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Guangxi Corps of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force worked to clear sludge and debris from the National Highway 209 -- a major thoroughfare -- on Monday, before turning their attention to other local roads and lanes, as well as a local kindergarten, with the hope of allowing normal life to resume in the disaster-stricken town.
Additionally, the Guangxi Military District of the Chinese People's Liberation Army deployed more than 2,200 troops and militiamen to assist with post-disaster reconstruction in the affected areas on Monday.
Their operations covered towns, districts, and industrial zones across several cities, with key tasks including the removal of sludge and debris, carrying out essential disinfection and epidemic prevention work, and the transportation of vital relief supplies.
So far, they have cleared mud and debris totaling over 40,000 square meters and removed more than 60 tonnes of garbage from the areas, while over six kilometers of roads have been re-opened with over 8,000 supply items items being brought to areas in need.
Armed police, militiamen dispatched to aid flood relief efforts in disaster-hit Guangxi
