9 dead after heavy rains cause flooding, landslides in southern China’s Guangdong province
Heavy rains in southern China have killed nine people and left six missing, state media reported Thursday. Downpours in Guangdong province this week sparked floods and landslides, with the spate of extreme weather impacting nationwide. In Jiaoling county near the city of Meizhou, five people died and two were missing following floods, according to state broadcaster CCTV. In a separate district of Meizhou, four more were killed and four others were unaccounted for, CCTV said. It added that some areas have endured “once-a-century flooding… (or) the biggest since historical records began”. CCTV s...