Three people have been killed and thousands evacuated in several days of violent rainstorms in southern China.
There is widespread inundations in the town of Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, with the brown waters several inches deep.
Meteorological authorities said it was the biggest storm to hit the city since 2008, according to state media reports.
Nearby Hong Kong was also inundated, causing travel chaos in the Asian financial hub with flights grounded and trains to the mainland cancelled.
The torrential downpours hit the region from Thursday onwards, China´s Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement.
More than 10,000 houses collapsed or were damaged and 9,000 hectares (22,000 acres) of farmland will yield no harvest, it said, estimating economic loses at 930 million yuan ($149 million).
