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| Bicycle riders trudging through a flooded street in Kaifeng City of central China's Henan Province July 31, 2005. Heavy rains pouring down the city in last few days left waterlog in many parts of the urban areas. |
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| A father looking back to his son as they struggled to push forward their bicylcles in the floods in Pingyang County, Wenzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province July 20, 2005. Typhoon Haitang brought heavy downpowers floods in the coastal areas as it passed on Tuesday and Wednesday. In Wenzhou alone, it caused economic losses valued at 2.1 billion yuan and affected abouy 3.5 million people. |
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| Chinese firefighters helping to evacuate residents by a raft in a flooded street in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2005. An unexpected rainstorm swept the city on Thursday, leaving streets badly flooded and power cut for about two hours, local media said.
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| A woman taking her child in arms while wading forward on a flooded street in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province July 12, 2005. About 140,000 people in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces along the Huaihe River have been evacuated by Tuesday. The river's water level kept rising and was expected to reach 29.3 meters Tuesday night, 1.8 meters higher than the warning line. |
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| Three women walking on a flood street in the city of Jieshou, east China's Anhui Province July 10, 2005. Many houses and shops were flooded in the city because of heavy rainfall. |
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| An armed police officer (R) pulling a kid sitting in a basin to higher grounds in a flooded street in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Friday, July 8, 2005. The flood following heavy torrential rains since Wednesday has left nine people dead and six others missing in Dazhou. |
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| A taxi wading in the flood caused by heavy rain in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, July 6, 2005. A heavy storm hit Hefei which has been plagued by droughts and high temperatures for a long time. This was the first rain in the city since it had stepped into the annual rainy season. |
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| A bus being trapped in flood water in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province July 3, 2005. Hundreds of houses were flooded in the city due to heavy rainfalls on Saturday. |
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| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shaking hands with soldiers fighting against flood on the Longxin dike in Wuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, during his inspection tour to the city July 3, 2005. Wuzhou was hit by floods in June. |
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| Citizens struggling their way in a waterlogged street in Jinan, capital city of east China's Shandong Province, late July 2, 2005. Torrential rains hit the city on Saturday night, leaving some areas severely flooded and transportation blocked. |
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| A man draining floodwater from his home on June 30, 2005 after a downpour hit downtown Meishan City, Sichuan Province. About 370 residents were evacuated, but there were no injuries or deaths. |
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| Storm clouds gathering over China's Shanghai municipality in the afternoon of June 28, 2005. Shanghai was hit by a torrential downpour in the afternoon that dumped 60 millimeters of water on the business metropolis. Shanghai weather at this time of the year is characterised by long heat spells broken only by short bursts of torrential rain. |
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