Rescue personnel evacuated residents as flooding triggered by heavy rains inundated several cities and towns across southern China's Hunan and Hubei provinces.⁣ ⁣ Central and southern China were on high alert for more flash floods on Friday as the annual East Asia monsoon gathered pace and extreme rainfall threatened disruption.⁣ ⁣ #naturalphenomena #china #monsoon #floods ⁣ ⁣ ⁣