China storms leave 17 dead as rescuers search for survivors

Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors on Wednesday as residents began cleaning up their devastated homes, after storms killed 17 people and caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst. A man looks at water flowing from the collapsed Liulan reservoir in Liulan village in Hengzhou city, China's southwest Guangxi region, on July 8, 2026.