2024 Guangdong floods

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2024 Guangdong Floods
Date16 April 2024 (2024-04-16) - now
LocationGuangdong, China
CauseTorrential rain
Deaths52

In April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in China, mainly affecting Guangdong Province.[1]

In Guangdong Province, at least four deaths were confirmed, while 10 people were missing. As many as 110,000 people were evacuated.[1] Tens of millions of people were reported affected.[2]

Landslides in Shaoguan caused by heavy downpours, have injured six people and 80 houses were damaged, leading to a loss of around 140 million yuan.[2] Waterlogged soil led to a highway collapse in Meizhou on 2 May, killing at least 48.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Guangdong: Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods". BBC News. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ a b Gan, Nectar (2024-04-22). "Massive floods threaten tens of millions as intense rains batter southern China". CNN. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  3. ^ "Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse". AP News. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-02.