Heavy floods submerge roads in northern China as Bavi weakens to tropical storm

A man clears tree branches knocked down by Typhoon Bavi in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Sunday.

HONG KONG – Severe flooding in China’s northern Hebei province and northeastern Liaoning province submerged roads and swept away cars, while people swam, paddle-boarded and wake surfed along neighborhood streets, videos on social media ​showed.

Water levels rose to more than 2 meters 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 ​on the banks of the Luan River.

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