5 people are dead and 3 are missing in Eastern China after flooding and a landslide

Over 1,500 people were evacuated after floods and a landslide were triggered by heavy rains in eastern China, according to state media on Sunday. At least five people were killed and three were reported missing.

According to China National Radio, on Saturday afternoon, floodwaters surged through a hamlet in the Fuyang area of Hangzhou, swallowing numerous homes. More than 1,600 homes lost electricity as a result of the rain’s subsequent partial mountain collapse and mudslide, according to CCTV. The Xinhua news agency said that more than 1,500 individuals were evacuated.

Seasonal flooding often affects huge portions of China, especially in the semitropical south. The worst floods in 50 years, however, have been observed in certain northern districts this year.

This month, the torrents caused fatalities in many regions of the nation. At least 15 people were killed by floods earlier this month in Chongqing’s southwest.

On Sunday, CCTV reported that 5,590 people had to be evacuated as severe rain transformed numerous streets in the northeastern province of Liaoning into rivers. 54 hectares of crops and around 30 homes were also damaged, it said.

Rainstorms in the Hubei province in central China left some locals confined to their homes and cars. According to official broadcaster People’s Daily, by Saturday night, authorities had evacuated or saved around 220 people in Xianning city. In 1998, China saw its worst and most damaging floods in recent memory, killing 4,150 people, the majority of whom were located around the Yangtze River.

In the Henan province, in the center of China, more than 300 people died in 2021. On July 20 of that year, a record amount of rain swamped the provincial capital of Zhengzhou, turning the streets into raging rivers and drowning at least a portion of a subway line.