At least three people have died with 11 still missing after severe floods only seen “once in a century” continue to wreck havoc in China. Shocking pictures show bridges collapsing and homes left swimming underwater as landslides and torrential rainfall threatens to plague 127million locals all over the Guangdong region.
Dramatic visuals show the streets in the area filled with water as cars and roads are completely submerged.
Footage shows a bridge in the town of Xiaosanjiang, Guangdong battered and collapsing – leaving locals stranded.
The vicious river water can be seen dragging parts of the bridge away as the torrid weather continues to destroy it.
So far, three people have tragically died in Zhaoging City after being left helplessly trapped in their homes after rain battered the city, according to local authorities.
Others have been forced to wade through the devastation in an attempt to find safety as the weather is expected to worsen across the day.
State news agency Xinhua said: “A total of 11 people are missing after continuous heavy rainfall hit many parts of (Guangdong) in recent days.
They continued, citing the local emergency management department, saying almost 60,000 people have been relocated so far.
More than 45,000 of these residents were from the northern Guangdong city of Qingyuan.
The city was left in a perilous position after the banks of the neighboring Bei River started to overflow, state media reported.
The horror weather first appeared on Sunday and battered much of the Guangdong region – home to 127 million people – near Hong Kong.
Typically, bustling streets were drowned underwater, and landslides and heavy winds left trees collapsing and the region at a standstill.
Thirty-six houses have reportedly collapsed in Guangdong, and another 48 were severely damaged.
Xinhua has estimated that the current cost of the floods could reach over $47.5 million, with homes needing to be rebuilt, streets cleared of debris and repaired, and extra flood systems put in place.
Heavy rain is believed to continue until tonight as the National Meteorological Centre has forecasted “thunderstorms and strong winds in Guangdong’s coastal waters.”
The torrid rain could hit Several other areas hard, including parts of Fujian, Guizhou, and Guangxi.
In the town of Jiangwan, six people were left injured.
Many others were trapped in landslides as the rain continued to build up as river waters reached terrifying levels of up to 19ft above the warning limit.
