Flash flood
Details
This is an expired event!
Event title
China - Heavy floods submerge roads, vehicles in northern China
Source
Severity
Mid
Event date (UTC)
2026-07-13 18:11:20
Last update (UTC)
2026-07-13 18:11:20
Area range
Multiple states / regions wide event
Address/Affected area(s)
Hebei and Liaoning provinces
Severe flooding in China’s northern Hebei province and northeastern Liaoning province submerged roads and swept away cars, while people swam and paddle-boarded along neighbourhood streets, videos on social media showed.
Water levels rose to more than two metres on roads in Kuancheng, a county in Hebei, according to a resident’s account that was broadcast by local official media.
Kuancheng is home to around 240,000 people and is located on the banks of the Luan River.
Several cars were filmed crashing into each other in Kuancheng as they bobbed up and down a waterlogged road before being carried away by the strength of the current.