Overview

• Northern Liuzhou, Guangxi, recorded more than 1,000 mm of rain over five days, prompting red flood alerts and the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
• The Duliu River in Rongjiang reached its largest flood on record with peak flows of 11,400 m³/s and water levels 11 m above seasonal norms.
• Continuous downpours caused a landslide that collapsed an approach span of the G76 Xiarong Expressway, leaving a truck dangling before rescue teams arrived.
• Authorities deployed integrated response measures across transport, police, and hydrology agencies as rivers in the Pearl and Yangtze basins remained above warning thresholds.
• Meteorologists attribute the intense storms to an unusually early East Asian monsoon and tropical influences, with Asia warming nearly twice the global average fueling extreme rainfall.