A torrential rainfall started to batter various parts of Jiangsu province since Sunday, prompting the weather service to upgrading the yellow alert for rainfall to orange. Orange is the second level of a four-tier color-coded system.
Regional government across the province have been mobilized to take measures against the torrential rain by draining the waterlogged areas to ensure the safe travel for the people.
Traffic police officers in Nanjing were dispatched to major waterlogged sites in various parts of the city to impose traffic control.
An auxiliary officer rushed forward to evacuate the driver out of a pink sedan when it broke down in the waterlogged street at 12 in the noon.
Six residential communities and some major roads in Jurong city were waterlogged, prompting the local government to send over more than 100 workers to drain the water with the help of 22 sets of equipment.
The torrential rain also made the paddy rice fields waterlogged and agricultural specialists have advised farmers to strengthen field management to prevent the attacks from Sheath blight disease and rice plan thopper.
Authorities in Changzhou have mobilized pumping machines to drain water out of the local rivers under the guidance of the provincial headquarters for flood control.
