Flooding in Pingjiang county, Central China’s Hunan province, on Monday. The water level at Pingjiang Station on the Miluo River rose to 77.63 meters on Monday, the highest level since 1954. Photo: Xinhua

A 9-meter steel sculpture of a fisherman is partially submerged on Saturday in Wuhan, Hubei province. Photo: IC Photo

Wuhan’s Hankou Jiangtan Park along the Yangtze River is submerged on Saturday. Photo: VCG

The 700-year-old Guanyin Pavilion in Ezhou, Hubei, is surrounded by floodwater on Sunday. Photo: VCG

Due to continuous heavy rainfall, the Yaqian River in Anqing, Anhui province, broke its banks on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Sanitation workers clean silt Sunday from the sidewalk in Tongren, Southwest China’s Guizhou province. Photo: VCG

Sandbags sit stacked at the entrance of the Changsha Railway Station metro station in Hunan province on Monday. Photo: VCG

After the issuance of a red alert for heavy rainfall in Hunan, the water level of Dongting Lake, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, rose significantly Saturday. Photo: VCG

Flooding in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, on Monday. Photo: VCG

Flooding in Nanjing. Photo: VCG