Archive · 28 Jun 2025
Guizhou Province Floods Force Mass Evacuations in China
Flooding in Rongjiang, China has caused more than 40,000 people to evacuate.
The city, home to about 300,000 people, flooded again this week due to heavy rain.
Earlier in the week, the water level was the highest since 1954.
The flooding has caused six deaths and forced over 80,000 people from their homes.
The recent flooding is affecting a city that was removed from the national poverty list in 2020 and had seen an unexpected tourism boom.
Over 40,000 residents were evacuated from Rongjiang, Guizhou Province, due to flooding.
Rongjiang experienced a second round of flooding this week after record downpours.
The peak water level reached 256.7 meters earlier in the week, the highest since 1954.
Six deaths were reported and over 80,000 people were forced to flee their homes in initial flooding.
The floods in southwest China are expected to impact local economies.
- Who
- Residents of Rongjiang.
- What
- Severe flooding in Rongjiang, Guizhou Province, resulting in evacuations.
- When
- Ongoing, with a second wave of flooding this week.
- Where
- Rongjiang, Guizhou Province, China.
- Why
- Due to extreme rainfall and the resulting flooding.
Impact of Flooding
Government
Infrastructure damage
Impact of Flooding
Destruction to homes, the soccer pitch, and other infrastructure
Government
The government's perspective is not clearly stated in the article.
- Evacuated
- Over 40,000 residents
- City Population
- 300,000
- Highest Water Level
- 256.7 meters (since 1954)
- Deaths
- Six reported
- People displaced
- Over 80,000
Sources
Six died and nearly 80,000 displaced as China brace for second tropical cyclone in two weeks
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