A village submerges in water in Yingde, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, yesterday. Due to the continuous heavy rain, a hydrometric station of a main stream in Zhujiang (Pearl) River Basin, South China’s Guangdong Province, registered a flood flow that exceeded historic records yesterday, and is expected to have a peak discharge today, which will be a once-in-a-century flood.

The response was taken to the highest level as escalating torrents in Beijiang and Xijiang, both main rivers of the basin, are expected to make water levels continue to rise and maintain high for a long period, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

Xinhua