Over 86,000 people in south China’s Guangdong Province have been relocated as a preventive measure following heavy rainfall on Wednesday, while relevant railway services have been suspended and flights delayed.
A total of 65 townships and sub-districts in Guangdong experienced torrential rain between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday, with precipitation exceeding 100 millimeters, while the maximum accumulated rainfall reached 247.9 millimeters in a sub-district of the city of Dongguan, according to local meteorological and hydrological monitoring.
As of 11 a.m. on the day, services were suspended for some trains on the railway line connecting Guangzhou and Shenzhen, two megacities in China, and a line linking Guangzhou and Shantou.
Meanwhile, as of 8:38 p.m., 55 flights had been delayed for more than an hour at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.
The intensity of rainfall is forecast to weaken between Thursday and Friday, according to the Guangdong meteorological observatory.
