Highlights: Extreme rainstorms hit multiple cities in northeast China's Liaoning; almost 240,000 residents relocated; work, classes and businesses suspended in six cities; rivers and reservoirs breach warning levels amid compound weather impacts.
SHENYANG — Northeast China's Liaoning Province has launched emergency flood control responses amid relentless extreme rainfall triggered by Typhoon Bavi. A total of almost 240,000 people have been evacuated across the province as of 1 p.m. on Monday as a precaution.
The province has been blanketed by widespread heavy rain since Sunday. Central and northern Liaoning were the worst affected, with local areas in Shenyang recording extreme torrential rain, while most other regions received light to moderate rain. From 8 p.m. on Sunday to 12 p.m. on Monday, 10 prefecture-level cities including Shenyang, Anshan, Fushun and Jinzhou registered over 1,200 sessions of short-duration heavy rainfall.