Torrential rains have lashed Yanshou County in Heilongjiang's Harbin since Friday, flooding parts of the county seat and surrounding towns.
Some areas recorded more than 200 millimeters of rain in 24 hours, and local authorities have quickly moved to relocate residents in flood‑prone zones.
In some parts of the county, floodwater has risen to nearly half a meter. Rescuers are racing to evacuate stranded residents to safety using tractors, front-end loaders, and inflatable boats.
Meanwhile, officials have turned schools in elevated areas into temporary shelters and are providing displaced individuals with basic food and accommodations.
"After the water came up, I called the community staff. They told me to go to the No. 3 Middle School cafeteria to eat and stay. The care was very thoughtful -- they provided bedding, all daily necessities, toothpaste, towels -- everything was well prepared," said resident Wang Man.
"This shelter has temporarily accommodated 73 people in total. There are doctors on duty 24 hours a day, as well as civil affairs staff and town officials on standby," said Qin Yuming, who works at the Yanshou County evacuation center.
So far, a total of 2,039 people from 1,053 households have been evacuated in Yanshou County. Some are staying with their relatives, while the rest are sheltered at temporary evacuation centers.
Heavy rains trigger flooding in Heilongjiang's Yanshou, residents evacuated
Tokyo stocks ended lower Monday, with the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average falling around 1 percent, amid concern that the surging yen could disrupt companies' business outlooks, said an analyst.
The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 607.12 points, or 0.94 percent, from Friday at 63,754.90.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 43.27 points, or 1.08 percent, lower at 3,960.03.
The Japanese yen rose sharply on Monday, briefly surging to the lower 155 yen range against the U.S. dollar, after Japan confirmed joint currency market intervention with the United States and possible further intervention.
The U.S. dollar fetched 156.76-78 yen after briefly hitting 155.20 yen, compared with 157.33-43 yen in New York and 160.20-22 yen in Tokyo at 17:00 local time Friday.
"Over in Tokyo, the big story was of course the rare joint action by Japan and the U.S. to support the yen, which had been trading near 40-year lows in recent weeks. Japan's finance ministry confirmed that coordinated intervention today and said the two countries are prepared to act on that again. The yen rose as much as 1.4 percent at one stage and the Nikkei 225 fell around 1 percent. The stronger currency was weighing on exporters. There we had Suzuki Motor down 6.7 percent. Many Japanese-listed companies earn a substantial share of their revenues overseas, and a stronger yen reduces the value of those earnings when they are translated back into the Japanese currency. AI-linked stocks also weighed on the market, with the chip-testing-equipment maker Advantest down 3.3 percent," said Timothy Pope, a Shanghai-based market analyst for China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Pope said that in the rest of the week, investors are going to watch closely the earning reports to be released by the major companies.
"Tokyo has some major earnings to watch this week as well. So, we will be following Toyota, Nintendo and SoftBank -- all of them are due to report. SoftBank's results will be watched particularly closely for further clues about the returns, the risks as well as all of those associated with the enormous sums being invested in AI at the moment," said Pope.
Tokyo stocks end lower Monday on stronger yen: analyst
