2008 South China floods
The 2008 South China floods began on 26 May 2008. Four rounds of torrential rains with landslides and flooding lasted for 20 days and affected fifteen provinces in Eastern and Southern China.
A flooded road in Shenzhen, China | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 26 May 2008– 14 June 2008 |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | more than 200 dead or missing |
| Damage | $2.2 billion |
| Areas affected | |
The first round of floods affected twelve provinces in South China and killed 93 people as of 30 May. A new round of floods began on 6 June and swept nine provinces in southern China killing 55 people with 7 missing and forcing 1.3 million to evacuate as of 14 June. China's National Meteorological Centre has said that heavy rain would continue and that precipitation in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan would be 30 to 70% greater than in the same period last year.
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