Homes submerged, tens of thousands relocated in China's south as flooding intensifies

HONG KONG: Widespread floods triggered by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra intensified on Tuesday (Aug 25) across southern China, with homes and shops submerged and thousands of people relocated, while another storm system made its way towards Japan and Taiwan.Authorities in Chongzuo, in China's Guangxi region, famous for its giant waterfalls and karst limestone mountains, evacuated more than 15,000 people after water levels surpassed a record high set in 2008.Rising floodwaters have prompted China to relocate a total of 54,000 people in Guangxi, state television said.Narra has ⁠lingered over the Beibu Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Tonkin, in the northwestern part of the South China Sea for several days, dumping heavy rain on Guangxi and the ⁠nearby provinces of Hainan and Guangdong. Heavy