Typhoon Narra has caused record flooding in the city of Chongzuo in China's Guangxi region, submerging thousands of homes and forcing mass evacuations, according to infohub.kz.
Authorities in Chongzuo, known for its giant waterfalls and karst mountains, evacuated more than 15,000 people on Tuesday after water levels surpassed a record set in 2008. State television reported that a total of 54,000 people have been relocated in Guangxi due to the floods.
Narra made landfall as a tropical storm on Tuesday evening in Hainan, China's southern island province, after lingering over the Beibu Gulf for several days, dumping heavy rain on Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong. State media said heavy rain is expected to persist across parts of Vietnam and southern China through Wednesday, with areas of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, and Fujian forecast to receive torrential rain.
In Chongzuo, river water overflowed into the city, reaching the rooftops of some buildings and submerging power lines. On Monday, authorities ordered all businesses and tourist operations to cease and urged evacuated residents not to return to high-risk areas.
Meanwhile, medium-strength Typhoon Saudel is moving towards southern Japan and northern Taiwan, where it is expected to bring sporadic heavy rain. Taiwan reported one dead and four missing from a separate weather system over its south and east. Japan's weather agency warned of destructive winds and high seas as Saudel approaches the south-western islands of Okinawa prefecture.
According to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration, Saudel is expected to pass to the north of Taiwan from late Thursday into Friday, though its intensity is forecast to gradually weaken. However, there is uncertainty about the timing and extent of the typhoon's rainfall impact.
In southern and eastern Taiwan, the government reported one person dead and four missing from a tropical depression that brought flooding in the cities of Tainan and Kaohsiung. In Kaohsiung, almost a metre of rain fell in three days from Sunday to Tuesday, exceeding rainfall during 2009's Typhoon Morakot, which killed about 700 people and caused damage of up to $3 billion.
Saudel is forecast to hit the coast in the south-eastern Chinese province of Fujian from late Thursday to early Friday.