Nineteen people have been killed after a highway collapsed in China\u2019s Guangdong province on Wednesday, according to the country\u2019s state broadcaster, CCTV. <\/p>\n
A section of the express highway connecting Meizhou City and Dapu City in Guangdong Province collapsed at around 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday, leaving eighteen cars trapped, CCTV reported. <\/p>\n
Widely circulated social media videos shot in darkness showed a raging fire beneath where the road would have been and emergency service workers at the scene. <\/p>\n
Images taken after daybreak showed cars piled up at the bottom of a ravine. <\/p>\n
As of 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, 30 people were receiving medical care in hospitals, and they were \u201cwithout immediate risk,\u201d CCTV said without specifying their injuries. <\/p>\n
The Guangdong provincial government had dispatched a rescue force of approximately 500 people, the state broadcaster said. <\/p>\n
Rescue efforts were still underway, according to the update from the local police department. <\/p>\n
Southern China has been bombarded with heavy rain in recent weeks. <\/p>\n
Guangdong province, an economic powerhouse home to 127 million people, has seen widespread flooding, which has forced more than 110,000 people to relocate, state media reported, citing the local government. <\/p>\n
The floods have killed at least four people in Guangdong, including a rescue worker, state news agency Xinhua reported Monday. At least 10 people remain missing, it added. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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