Record rains have caused serious floods in Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Henan provinces, affecting a grand total of 12.3 million people according to the AFP, 12.3 million people were affected. 57 people have died so far and another 29 are missing. Here's a look at the situation in Guizhou. Don't miss the treacherous rescue operation toward the later part of the video. more ›

Whoo-wee what a storm we had this morning! Heavy clouds rolled in and started dumping on us around 7:30am, went nuts for about two hours, and resulted in 17 canceled flights and flooding all over the city. Thanks to all loyal weibo-using Shanghai residents out there with their phone cameras handy, here's a nice photo collection of the madness. more ›

Continuous downpours in Sichuan Province since last Thursday have killed eight people and left more people missing. The rain-triggered floods have affected the lives of 1.5 million people in four cities and 21 counties, says the provincial flood control office. more ›

Via NoCommentTV: "A group of stranded Chinese people had to be rescued from a bridge after part of it collapsed due to heavy flooding in Sichuan Province, SW China. Fire-fighters set up a zip-line to ferry people across the void as the waters raged below them." more ›

Flood waters have broken through several dykes and inundated a total of 21 villages in Zhuji city in Zhejiang province. With more rain forecast for the next few days, the local government has been left scrambling for improved flood control and another round of disaster relief. more ›

Massive floods have been wrecking havoc all across China. Here's a quick look at the situation: more ›

Though the rain in Shanghai this week has certainly been an inconvenience, the human impact has been negligible compared to the ordeal other areas in China have been suffering. Downpours in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and Anhui provinces began Monday evening, and hit Zhejiang province Tuesday morning. more ›

While Guizhou province is still reeling from devastating floods, a new round of torrential rain has battered Hubei province in central China, triggering floods and landslides that killed 50 and left another 40 missing. Tongcheng County, seen here in this video, was left submerged in water after experiencing 300 mm of rainfall within four hours, a record volume in 200 years. Elsewhere in China, the tropical storm Sarika slammed into Guangdong province, killing 23 people and leaving another 10 missing. more ›

More insane photos of the flooding in southern China that has killed a total of 54 people, according to the latest from Xinhua. Guizhou province was hardest hit, with 21 dead and 36 missing. Guizhou's Wangmo country recorded 4.1 inches of rain in just one hour, the most in 200 years! The torrential rains follow months of severe drought, and have wreaked havoc on 4.8 million people in 12 southern provinces. From AFP: more ›

Via NoCommentTV: "Huitong County in Huaihua, Hunan Province was hit by rainstorm [last Thursday night]. Within 10 hours, the rainfall was over 100 millimeters in the county town. Landslides and road collapses occurred in several villages and towns, with many houses destroyed or damaged." more ›

As if the floods weren't enough, this year's torrential rains have caused the worst incident of landslides this year to happen in Gansu province. Official estimates released this morning put the death toll of the slides at 137, with 1,348 people still missing. more ›

Video taken from a public bus in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province:
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Typhoon Conson, the first to hit China this year, has killed at least two people in Hainan province after leaving dozens more dead in the Philippines. Meanwhile, 59 people have died in Hubei province from flood-related disasters since July 3, bringing the total death toll to 170 across provinces. Today, the Three Gorges Dam project on the swelling Yangtze River will face the first major test since its opening as flood waters peak at 70,000 cubic meters per second -- the highest record since 1981.
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The torrential rains that hit China's southern provinces over a week ago have killed 199 people, with 123 still missing as of Tuesday, as flooding continues to destroy homes and crops and disrupt traffic and communication. more ›

We've often accused Shanghai of trying too hard to emulate the other great metropolises of the world: London, New York, Paris. But it seems that, more and more, the city it will most likely resemble is Venice. According to a recent article by the Associated Press: more ›

On Friday we all got a little nervous about Typhoon Morakot, with Xinhua warning everyone that it was unpredictable and crazy and could drench us all in dangerous winds and rain. Then the weekend hit and all Morakat seemed to do was spray us with what we'd already gotten in July anyway. What a relief. But wait! Now Shanghai Daily says that Morakot is actually going to hit the city TODAY, dumping rain ranging from 60 to 90mm per hour, according to the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau. It will be so bad, in fact, that seven teams have been sent to beef up deliveries of anti-flood material and patrol potential flood areas, while operators have been added to the 110 emergency telephone system. It's eye-hurtingly bright and sunny right now, but we'll be waiting by the window to see if this hell weather suddenly happens. more ›

Xinhua reports:

More than 1.17 million people have been affected in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region by floods triggered by continuous heavy rain that started on Saturday. more ›

Got photos of this morning's storm or the flooding that followed it that you'd like to share? Email them to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically show up on our Contribute Page. Flickr users, simply tag your photos "shanghaiist". more ›

If you were cooped up at home all day yesterday like us because of the heavy rains, then you probably have no idea that over a dozen roads were flooded all across the city. We heard parts of Huaihai Lu (where we live) were also flooded, but we were blissfully unaware of all that in the safety of our own homes. Anybody has pictures? more ›

For those of you that have been complaining about the wet weather in Shanghai here over the weekend, our friends in southern China have been having it far worse. Heavy rain in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces are causing water levels in rivers further downstream in in Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces to rise. Of course all this is doubly bad news for Sichuan which is still reeling from last month's earthquake. Over 1.27 million people have been evacuated across nine provinces, and economic losses already amount to over 10 billion yuan. Xinhua says vegetable prices in a few cities in Guangdong shot up between 30 percent and 70 percent on Saturday alone. Hong Kong has also been swamped by record rainfall (see video), and at least two people are now missing in landslides in the New Territories. more ›