An 8-year-old girl survived more than seven hours in a submerged sewer system after being swept away by floodwaters in Guizhou Province, China, on June 23, 2025.
A vast rainstorm belt swept across southern China from June 17 to 24, 2025, delivering record-breaking rainfall. Northern Liuzhou, Guangxi, recorded over 1 000 mm (40 inches) in five days, prompting red flood alerts and evacuations of tens of thousands of people. Rivers across the Pearl and Yangtze River basins remain above warning levels, with heavy rain forecast to persist.
Torrential rainfall affecting Hunan’s Xiangxi and Zhangjiajie regions since June 18, 2025, triggered the province’s most severe floods since 1998, with water levels surpassing historical records, leaving at least three people dead and over 400 000 affected.
Suijiang Huaiji Station in Guangdong’s Huaiji County reached a record water level of 55.22 m (181.17 feet) at 07:05 LT on June 18, 2025, following intense monsoonal rainfall and Typhoon Wutip. The flooding affected more than 300 000 people and led to the emergency relocation of over 70 000 residents.
Huaiji County, Guangdong, faced its largest flood since records began, with Suijiang Huaiji Station recording a peak water level of 55.22 meters (181.17 feet) on June 18, 2025, prompting a county-wide shutdown. Rescue operations saved dozens as floodwaters inundated the region.
A Level 4 flood warning has been issued for China’s Hainan province after the outer rain belt of Tropical Cyclone “Trami” brought record-breaking rainfall to parts of the province leading to severe floods in the cities of Sanya and Wanning.
Typhoon “Pulasan” made landfall in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, September 19, 2024, bringing in over 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain in just 6 hours. Around 112 000 people were evacuated, barricades were set up, and several trains and ferry services were suspended as precautionary measures.
An extreme rainstorm struck China’s Shaanxi Province on the morning of August 9, 2024, bringing in heavy rain totaling 172 mm (6.77 inches) of rainfall and causing severe flooding that swept away multiple vehicles.
After sweeping over Taiwan, Typhoon “Haikui” hit China’s southeastern province of Fujian early September 5, 2023, dropping record-breaking rains. Haikui caused severe flash flooding and traffic chaos, damaged power and communication lines, and forced more than 30 000 people to evacuate. At least one person died.
Mudslides and floods triggered by excessive summer rains took a devastating toll in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian, causing 21 deaths and leaving 6 individuals unaccounted for.
