Typhoon Haikui hit southern China eight days ago and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Scientists warn that typhoons hitting China are becoming more intense and their paths growing more complex.
Typhoon Haikui hit southern China eight days ago and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, but unrelenting rain continues to deluge southwestern Guangxi. The city’s observatory raised its storm warning to the highest in a four-tier alert system after more than 101mm rain poured in a three-hour period on Tuesday morning, and flagged risks of flash floods, geological disasters and waterlogging in urban and rural areas.
Scientists warn that typhoons hitting China are becoming more intense and their paths growing more complex, escalating risk of disaster, even in coastal cities such as Shenzhen that already have strong flood defence capabilities.