China: Rescue and relief efforts are underway across flood-hit Guangxi
By News Desk2 min read
Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
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An aerial drone photo shows rescuers heading towards Zhenlong Township of Hengzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 11, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Triggered by Typhoon Maysak, the 10th typhoon of the year, heavy downpours battered multiple areas in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, resulting in a series of disasters.
Various response forces have pooled their efforts, carrying out operations including rescue and relief, resettlement of affected people, public health services, disaster prevention and control, and material supply guarantee.
Rescuers evacuate stranded students at Xijiang education park in Guigang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)A rescuer operates a drone to transport supplies in Guigang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)Rescuers evacuate stranded people amid rain at Xijiang education park in Guigang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)A rescuer evacuates trapped students onto a powered pontoon bridge in Guigang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)People wade through floodwaters to deliver emergency supplies in Shishe Village in Guigang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)Volunteers unload relief supplies at a charity federation in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)Volunteers unload relief supplies at a charity federation in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)Volunteers transfer relief supplies at a charity federation in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)A volunteer registers relief supplies at a charity federation in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
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