Baishui River Rises 27 Feet Overnight in China’s Yunnan, Severe Flooding Reported

A house is inundated by floodwaters, while a villager stands in front of his mudslide-buried house and truck in Yiliang county, Zhaotong city, in Yunnan, China, on July 1, 2020. Provided to The Epoch Times by interviewee

Heavy rain wreaked havoc in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan on June 29 and 30, causing the water level of the local Baishui river to rise 27 feet (8.24 meters) overnight. Villagers were devastated by the destruction caused by mudslides and floodwaters.

Locals shot videos of the destruction caused by the rainstorm, such as a house collapsing with half of it falling into a river, and vehicles being swept away by floodwaters.