(AFP News Post from the STRATS TIME on 06 July 2026.)
BEIJING - Typhoon Maysak brought
heavy rain and severe flooding to China’s southern Guangxi region, with the
authorities on July 6 raising flood alert levels as the system weakened into a
tropical storm.
Officials in Nanning, Guangxi’s
capital, raised the city’s flood control emergency response to the highest
level after torrential rain breached dams. Videos shared by state broadcaster
CCTV on July 6 showed ferocious torrents of muddy water gushing through a
breach in a dam on the Liulan reservoir – described by state media as a
“medium-sized” reservoir – heading for buildings in the distance.
A dam on the Yunbiao reservoir also
burst, while the Liuwang reservoir overflowed, the Nanning authorities said in
a statement on their official WeChat account. More than 800 residents were
evacuated due to severe flooding in Fangchenggang, also in Guangxi, according
to state media.
The heavy rainfall caused waters to rise above warning levels in 66 hydrological monitoring stations on 55 rivers in Guangxi on July 6, CCTV reported. Luwei Town, also in Nanning, recorded 637mm of rain in 24 hours between July 5 and 6 morning, according to CCTV.
Maysak weakened into a tropical
storm after making landfall in mainland China, but the authorities have warned
it is still likely to bring more rain to Guangxi and much of southern China
over the coming days.
China’s Ministry of Emergency
Management raised its flood response level for the whole region from III to II
on July 6, as the central authorities said they had dispatched 1,372 people and
140 boats to assist local rescuers and allocated 150,000 pieces of disaster
relief supplies, including tents and camp beds, to Guangxi.
The ministry had also dispatched
two Wing Loong drones to the disaster area to assist with emergency
communications, CCTV reported. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of
Emergency Management said they had allocated 160 million yuan (S$30.5 million)
for relief efforts in six disaster-affected regions and provinces, including
Guangxi. The National Development and Reform Commission allocated a further 100
million yuan from central budgets for post-disaster reconstruction. AFP
