Firefighters rescued dozens of stranded residents from flood-hit villages in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Monday after torrential rain triggered severe flooding and damaged roads.
Firefighters received an emergency call on Monday afternoon reporting that two men had been trapped by rising floodwaters in Liqianhu Town of Tieling County.
Rescuers waded through waist-deep water to reach the pair and escorted them to an inflatable boat. When the boat entered shallower water, one firefighter jumped into the floodwater to help push it forward.
The two men were safely evacuated after a two-hour rescue operation.
Elsewhere, heavy rain triggered severe flooding and road collapses in Huiyuan Township, Fushun City, leaving dozens of residents stranded.
Firefighters searched affected villages despite continuing rainfall. They set up rope lines to create a safe evacuation route through deep floodwaters, provided rain protection and warm clothing for stranded children, and used inflatable boats to evacuate elderly residents with limited mobility.
After hours of rescue efforts, all 56 stranded villagers had been safely relocated.
Nearly 365,000 people were evacuated across the province by early Tuesday as torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Bavi battered the region, sending multiple rivers above warning levels and prompting emergency responses.
Heavy rain lashed central and northern Liaoning from Sunday night through Tuesday morning, with parts of Shenyang, Anshan, Fushun, Liaoyang and Tieling recording extremely heavy rainfall.
Shenyang, Fushun and Tieling were among the hardest-hit cities, with Shenyang and Fushun raising their emergency responses to the highest level and more than 6,000 relief items dispatched to Tieling.
Firefighters rescue people trapped by floodwaters in Liaoning
