Flooding fills shopfronts in Meizhou’s Dapu county in Guangdong province. Over 1,500 rescue personnel were dispatched to the county. By Monday morning local authorities had evacuated over 10,000 people from the affected area. Photo: CCTV

The heavy rainfall, which started on Sunday, left some 138,000 households without electricity as of Monday morning. Photo: CCTV

Trees and parts of power lines are strewn across a flooded area in a village in Meizhou. Photo: CCTV

Floodwaters inundated Zhicheng Bridge in Meizhou’s Pingyuan county. The image on the left and right were taken at 11:23 am and 3:17 pm on Sunday, respectively. Photo: Provided by interviewee

Rescue workers clear rocks from a landslide-hit road on Sunday. Photo: CCTV

Rescue vehicles clear a section of road hit by a landslide. Photo: CCTV