Floods ravaging the southern province of Guangdong, China, killed four people, and ten more are missing, Chinese state media reported on Monday.
More than 110,000 residents have been evacuated, as torrential rain caused river waters to swell, threatening “once in a century” flooding.
One of the largest and hastiest evacuations occurred in the northern Guangdong city of Qingyuan, which was built on both sides of the Bei River. The Bei River is a tributary of the Pearl River Delta, which expected floods of up to 19 feet above the danger line on Monday.
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Qingyuan’s reservoir reported a 50-year high, while the water flow into its hydroelectric plant approached a 100-year high. Some buildings in Qingyuan were flooded all the way
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