On Monday, an intense weather system delivered record-breaking torrential downpours to Qinzhou, a coastal city in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, triggering widespread flash flooding that forced local authorities to activate a Level III flood control emergency response.
Local meteorological authorities confirmed that the heaviest precipitation was concentrated between midnight and 8 a.m. that day, drenching the city’s central urban districts and outlying surrounding townships. The most severe rainfall was recorded in Jiulong town, located in Qinzhou’s Qinnan district, which measured a total accumulated rainfall of 362.2 millimeters over the eight-hour window. At the storm’s peak around 4 a.m. Monday, the area also registered an extreme hourly rainfall rate of 143.3 millimeters, far exceeding the threshold for severe flash flood warnings.
The downpour quickly overwhelmed local drainage systems, leading to rapid waterlogging in multiple downtown neighborhoods and surrounding suburban areas, as documented by on-site photojournalists covering the disaster response. As of the latest update, local emergency management teams have been deployed to conduct evacuation operations, clear blocked drainage lines, and monitor water levels across at-risk river basins to mitigate further risks to residents and their property.