Since April 18, Guangdong has been battered by unusually heavy, sustained and widespread rainfall, with powerful storms ushering in an earlier-than-normal start to the province's annual flooding season in May and June.
Over the weekend, waterways in Guangdong overflowed including the river near Huang's village, where flood waters have reached the second storey of houses after washing out paddy and potato fields.
In other parts of Qingyuan, rescuers tackled neck-high waters to extract residents including an elderly lady trapped in waist-deep water in an apartment building.