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Floodwaters rush from a breach in the Liulan Reservoir dam following heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Maysak on July 7, 2026 in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China [Xie Feiyu\/VCG via Getty Images]<\/p>\nAbout 130,000 people have been evacuated from the Guangxi region while thousands of rescuers have been deployed.<\/p>\n
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and AP<\/p>\n
Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026<\/p>\n
Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China, most of them after a dam breach inundated the city of Nanning.<\/p>\n
Ding Wei, the city\u2019s vice mayor, announced the toll at a news briefing on Thursday, up sharply from a previous count of six, after record rainfall breached reservoirs and sent torrents of water through towns and cities in the Guangxi region.<\/p>\n
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The dam breach in Nanning killed 26 people, Ding said.<\/p>\n
About 130,000 people have been evacuated from the region, and drones and thousands of boats have been used in a huge relief and rescue operation to reach people trapped by the waters.<\/p>\n
Heavy rain battered southern Guangxi for days, with cumulative rainfall of 10-40cm (4-16in) in some areas and more than 90cm (35in) in hard-hit areas, the national meteorological centre said.<\/p>\n
More than 8,000 people and about 5,700 boats have been deployed in the rescue operation, with rescuers battling strong currents and debris to reach victims.<\/p>\n
Ding said the floodwaters are receding, but more rain is expected in certain areas in the next two days.<\/p>\n
Floodwaters rush from a breach in the Liulan Reservoir dam following heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Maysak on July 7, 2026 in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China [Xie Feiyu\/VCG via Getty Images]<\/p>\n
Crews have been deployed to clear mud and debris and disinfect several towns in hard-hit Hengzhou city, which is east of Nanning and under its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
Road repairs are ongoing, and electricity has been restored to more than 60,000 homes, Ding said.<\/p>\n
Animals escape after flooding hits zoo<\/p>\n
At least 100 animals, including alpacas, miniature pigs and zebras, escaped Guangxi province\u2019s Guigang Zoo after the flooding damaged their enclosures.<\/p>\n
The zoo appealed to the public Wednesday for help in finding its escaped animals.<\/p>\n
The missing creatures include \u201ctwo North American raccoons, four porcupines and thirty peacocks\u201d, according to a statement posted by a local district\u2019s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau.<\/p>\n
The zoo said some of the escapees \u201cmay be frightened and potentially aggressive\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you spot any of the animals, please keep a safe distance,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not attempt to catch, approach or tease them, as this could be dangerous,\u201d the zoo warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 130,000 people have been evacuated from the Guangxi region while thousands of rescuers have been deployed. By…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1296,891,1397,2204,50,90,56,54,55,1068],"class_list":["post-682636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-asia-pacific","tag-china","tag-environment","tag-floods","tag-news","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}