Heavy Rain Hits Over One Million in Southern China but State Broadcaster Highlights Local Waterfall Instead

A crane lifts a car on a flooded street near the swollen Rongjiang river after heavy rains in Rongan, in China's southern Guangxi region on July 2, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images

Torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern China’s Guangxi Province, affecting a population of more than a million. However, China’s state broadcaster CCTV shifted attention to what it called “golden waterfall.”

Heavy rain swept northern and central Guangxi from June 27 to July 2, causing damage to a population of a million people in 46 counties, according to China’s outlets. The level of emergency response was upgraded from four to three. So far, 91,500 residents have been displaced, 16 killed, and 10 are missing, while direct financial losses reached 2.9 billion yuan (about $453 million).