Storms strike south China - Four dead, 11 missing, more than 100 thousand people evacuated

A drone view shows roads submerged in floodwaters following heavy rainfall, in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, China, on Monday, April 22, 2024. - Reuters photo

BEIJING (AFP): Four people are dead and 10 others missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated from areas hit by torrential downpours.

Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort only "seen around once a century".