(Yicai) July 7 -- Tropical Storm Maysak, the 10th typhoon of the year, has brought days of extreme rainfall across China's southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, claiming two lives and affecting about 55,000 people in Nanning, with around 48,000 of the city's residents evacuated.

Xiao Xiang, a resident of Fulong village in Hengzhou's Yunbiao township, told Yicai that her brother and uncle were swept away by a sudden flood while riding an electric bike near the village yesterday morning, with the two still missing.

Maysak has triggered multiple reservoir emergencies, increased river levels above warning levels, and flooded several villages across Guangxi. Authorities in Nanning confirmed the flooding had killed two people late yesterday.

Water rose to the second floor of some homes in Wangzhuang village in Yunbiao, forcing residents to retreat to the third floor and await rescue, one resident noted. According to a friend of hers, with whom she briefly lost contact during the storm, rescue teams had reached a neighboring village.

The Yujiang River's Nanning gauge will likely rise to about 71 meters around tomorrow, higher than the 69.4-meter alert level, the Nanning Hydrological Center announced yesterday. Water at Hengzhou's Liulan Reservoir reached 111.20 meters early yesterday, 0.91 meters above its designed flood level, with the Yunbiao Reservoir overtopping at the same time.

Liulan Reservoir had to fully open its floodgates, while its dam developed a breach, endangering downstream villages and towns. More than a dozen DJI drones were deployed in the rescue effort to airdrop supplies and evacuate stranded residents.

Reservoir emergencies caused by the heavy rain were severe and widespread, with rescue operations highly complex, Nanning officials said at a flood-relief briefing, warning of further rainfall risk. The difficulty of the rescue effort and relocating affected residents means that the disaster could still worsen, they pointed out.

Guangxi has raised its flood-control emergency response for Nanning and Guigang to the highest Level I and its geological-hazard response to Level III. The region's maritime authority also raised its inland flood-control response to Level I, suspending operations at 201 ferry crossings, 371 passenger ferries, and 27 passenger routes.

China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management allocated CNY160 million (USD23.5 million) in advance disaster-relief funding to support Guangxi and five other provinces and regions, while also shipping 150,000 units of relief supplies.

In addition, the National Development and Reform Commission has earmarked CNY100 million (USD14.7 million) in central budgetary investment for post-disaster infrastructure recovery.

Editor: Martin Kadiev