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A reservoir wall gave way in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi region, unleashing a torrent of floodwater after rivers and reservoirs swelled from the heavy rains of Typhoon Maysak, according to a BBC News video report. At least two people died in the flooding, Chinese officials told state media on Monday. The collapse formed part of wider inundation that overwhelmed barriers at three reservoirs in the area, deputy mayor Wei Jiang said late that day in remarks carried by Reuters. Nanning elevated its flood control emergency to the maximum level in response to the unfolding situation.
Xinhua News Agency figures show the storm affected about 55,000 people in Nanning, with nearly 48,000 evacuated as rescuers worked through submerged streets and neighborhoods. China’s Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched more than 1,000 personnel along with vehicles, boats and two drones to support operations and maintain communications in the hardest-hit zones. Videos from state broadcaster CCTV depicted cars submerged up to their roofs in nearby Fangchenggang, where rivers overflowed their banks, the Associated Press reported. The ministry’s deployment came after Maysak made initial landfall in Hainan province on July 3 before tracking toward Vietnam and then re-emerging to strike Guangxi.
South China Morning Post data placed direct economic losses from the typhoon across affected areas at a minimum of 490 million yuan, equivalent to about 73.4 million dollars, as of early Monday. The Guangxi regional government received 100 million yuan in central relief funds while another 160 million yuan went to six provinces facing similar weather threats, Reuters reported from official announcements. These allocations supported immediate recovery efforts amid reports of inundated businesses, transportation routes and residential districts throughout southern China. Provincial authorities declared a state of emergency in several counties where more than 180,000 residents faced disruption.
Maysak ranked as the 10th named storm of the 2026 Pacific typhoon season and followed a path that brought torrential rainfall exceeding 150 millimeters in multiple locations, according to meteorologists cited by the South China Morning Post. A separate super typhoon, Bavi, threatened eastern China later in the week with winds potentially reaching 180 miles per hour, prompting additional alerts from the U.S. National Weather Service data relayed by Reuters. Forecasters warned that Bavi could compound risks in regions still recovering from Maysak’s passage. The sequence highlighted the active start to the seasonal weather pattern.
Meteorologists have connected the increasing intensity and frequency of such typhoons to climate change, with potential annual economic damage across China running into tens of billions of dollars, a Reuters assessment found. Historical records maintained by Chinese authorities indicate that typhoons making landfall during periods near the Mid-Autumn Festival occur with some regularity, though the scale of flooding seen in Guangxi this week exceeded many recent precedents. The Ministry of Water Resources monitored river levels that reached 42 meters in places like Guigang, contributing to the dam and reservoir strain. Such events have repeatedly tested the country’s extensive flood defense infrastructure.
Rescue teams continued searching for missing individuals while local governments coordinated the distribution of emergency supplies to displaced families, according to updates from the Ministry of Emergency Management. The combined impact extended beyond Nanning into neighboring areas of Guizhou and Hunan, which together are home to more than 150 million people vulnerable to downstream flooding. Officials emphasized uniform application of safety protocols across all affected departments. Further updates on casualties and structural damage remained under assessment by provincial teams on Tuesday.
