An onslaught of torrential rain in southern China’s Sichuan province and Guangxi region has devastated local communities.

Footage of collapsed buildings and roads has started to circulate online, showing powerful scenes of nature destroying man-made structures.

Floods and landslides have affected residents in many ways.

Last week, a mother who went into labor in a rural region was cut off from hospital by floodwaters, but fortunately she delivered the baby safely after firefighters transported doctors to her by raft.

Roughly 20 buildings collapsed in the same region after heavy rainfall.

Meanwhile, a 160-foot section of road in Sichuan province collapsed after days of prolonged rain. Local media blamed it on the rainfall, but authorities are still investigating the cause.

So far, a family of six is reported to have been buried in a landslide.

Around 124,000 people have been affected in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region alone, and many more across China.

China’s rainy season normally occurs from May to September. Monsoons form in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, lashing the southern Chinese coast.

While such events are regular and expected in China, much of the country’s infrastructure remains unprepared, or too outdated, to handle the force of nature.

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