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June 24, 2022 

As heavy rainfall batters south China, flood emergency response teams have been activated. Rescuers are going all out to protect residents and their property. It is witnessing its highest rainfall since 1961, with severe floods and landslides as a result of the downpours. 

The flood control authority in south China's Pearl River basin activated a Level-1 emergency response on Tuesday.

The response was taken to the highest level as escalating torrents on the Beijiang and Xijiang, both main rivers of the basin, are expected to make water levels continue to rise and remain high for some time, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

China has a four-tier flood-control emergency response system, with Level 1 being the most urgent and severe.

·  Watch these touching moments during flood rescue in Southern China

·  Surrounded by flood waters, rescuers saved a kitten in Qingyuan, south China's Guangdong Province

·  Firefighters dug through the mud to rescue a woman trapped

·  Houses collapsed into floodwater in the city of Yongzhou in Hunan Province

(Sources: China Report)