Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak kills 39 in southern China
- About 130,000 people have been evacuated from the Guangxi region while thousands of rescuers have been deployed.
- Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China, most of them after a dam breach inundated the city of Nanning.
- Ding Wei, the city’s vice mayor, announced the toll at a news briefing on Thursday, up sharply from a previous count of six, after record rainfall breached reservoirs and sent torrents of water through towns and cities in the Guangxi region.
Confirmed
- About 130,000 people have been evacuated from the Guangxi region while thousands of rescuers have been deployed.
- Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China, most of them after a dam breach inundated the city of Nanning.
Unverified
- Ding Wei, the city’s vice mayor, announced the toll at a news briefing on Thursday, up sharply from a previous count of six, after record rainfall breached reservoirs and sent torrents of water through towns and cities in the Guangxi region.
Sources: Al Jazeera