BEIJING (Sputnik) — The incident occurred on Saturday following heavy downpours in the recreational area near the port city of Jiangmen, where rafting is popular among tourists, Xinhua news agency reported.
El Nino prompts China's Guangdong Province to invest over $15.26 mln in 2016's disaster control & relief workhttps://t.co/6dkHy6Jse3
— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) May 24, 2016
As many as six people were saved, the rescue operations are currently underway, according to the agency.
Roads become rivers as many cities in s #China’s Guangdong hit by heaviest rainfall since 1954 pic.twitter.com/AG58aC3lZi
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) May 20, 2016
