Continuing extreme downpour and landslides across much of China have led to tragedy death of six members of a family who fled their house on a flood devastated low land but were found dead Saturday, 22 June , 2024 after the building on a higher ground to which they ran for safety collapsed on them.
Rescuers found the six bodies in the rubble of the collapsed building in Fujian Province after landslides that resulted from downpours in the place.
Local reports indicated that the family had sought safety in the building because of its elevated site but a landslide caused its collapse.
Heavy rains have been constant since Sunday,16 June, 2024 in parts of China, and the death toll in Guangdong, a neighbourhood of the Fujian Province, had reached 47 by Friday, 21 June, 2024.
The fierce torrents of rain and resulting floods and landslides there had caused collapse of houses and toppling of trees.
China’s National Meteorological Centre on Saturday, 22 June, 2024 warned of more severe weather conditions especially around the southern provinces and a few regions in the North.
