The government has declared a state of emergency as the intensity of the floods increases. Rescue and relief operations have begun. Residents are being evacuated to safer places. Rescue workers are delivering food, water and other emergency aid to the victims.

Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in southwest China's Guizhou province, inundating vast areas and forcing more than 80,000 people to flee their homes.A state of emergency has already been declared, the country's state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday (June 25).