China's floods leave millions homeless

Severe rains are continuing to pummel China, which has destroyed houses and left millions homeless.

Around 27 million have been affected, which includes over 2 million that have been evacuated. Official figures suggest that more than 100 people have been killed or are missing.

Locals fear that these floods are similar to those that left the country devastated more than 20 years ago, resulting in about 15 million people becoming homeless.

Current water levels in 33 rivers exceed records seen back in 1998 when over 3,000 people were killed. Another 4000 rivers in China have had their flood alerts raised since June according to the ministry of water resources.

The national emergency response has been raised to the second-highest level.

One of the worst-hit areas Jiangxi, have evacuated more than 400,000 people as the authorities in the area have issued "wartime" measures since the Poyang lake, which is situated in the region and is China's largest freshwater lake, has topped 22.5 metres.

The government have sent thousands of troops to the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia situated in eastern China, to build dykes and digging channels to release the water.

Since COVID-19 has swept the globe, China's economy has been struggling, and it is unlikely to revive itself anytime soon, after weeks of harsh rainfall, flooding and mudslides in most provinces across the country.