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Mother and Children Rescued From Guangdong Flooding

A mother and her children were rescued by police from flooding in Yingde, China, as seen in footage published on June 22.

In a machine-translated Weibo post accompanying this video, Guangdong Police said they rescued a child who was suffering a fever in Dazhan Town, Yingde. With the assistance of the neighborhood committee rescue team, the police used a boat to rescue the child and its family and bring them to Yingde People’s Hospital for treatment. The child is in stable condition, police said.

The Global Times described the flooding in Guangdong as “a once-in-a-century flood” and reported that 479,600 people were affected. Credit: Guangdong Public Security via Storyful