Tropical storm rains batter China for seventh day

Rescue personnel evacuate residents from a flooded area following heavy rains caused by Typhoon Haikui in Xiamen, in China's southern Fujian province on Sept. 6, 2023. [AFP]

Heavy rains from former typhoon Haikui, now a tropical storm, kept southern China drenched for the seventh day as slow-moving storm clouds drifted from Guangdong on the coast to Guangxi, flooding low-lying areas, blocking roads and trapping residents.

In the rural county of Bobai in Guangxi region, rescuers on assault boats have scrambled to pull people to safety since Sunday night as water more than 2 meters deep stranded residents in low-rise homes, state media reported on Monday.