Rainstorms Lash Northeast China, Trapping Cars, Buses in Floods

Residents clear a flooded street after heavy rains caused by typhoon Chaba, in Yingde, Qingyuan city, in China's southern Guangdong province on July 6, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images

All of China must prepare for potential disasters as this year’s flood season reaches a pivotal period, an official warned on Friday, after months of torrential rains and floods.

Since the flood season began in March, average rainfall is 10.7 percent higher than normal, and has doubled in some parts of the south. Rain in the Pearl River basin in the southern province of Guangdong is at its highest on record.