Residents in southern China’s Guangxi region say floodwaters rose with little warning after days of torrential rain, submerging homes, shops, farms, vehicles, and low-lying streets.
In Fangchenggang, a coastal port city near Vietnam, residents said upstream reservoirs released water at the worst possible time—just as high tides pushed inland.
“They released water from two or three reservoirs at the same time, and the seawater pushed back from below,” Xiao Peng, a pseudonym, told the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times. “How could we not be flooded?”
The Epoch Times could not independently verify Xiao’s account of reservoir operations. The interviewees provided only their surnames or pseudonyms out of fear of reprisal….
‘How Could We Not Be Flooded?’: Chinese Port City Submerged as Guangxi Floods Bring Dam Breach and Escaped Cobras
