PHOTOS: Guangzhou Hit With Crazy Floods After Rainstorm

By  Matthew Bossons

Torrential rains, boisterous thunder and bright bursts of lightening rolled into Guangzhou last night, leaving parts of the city flooded by knee-deep water.

The storm started last night and carried on through to the morning hours, resulting in some slippery issues for Guangzhou’s public transportation system, with images of flooded metro entrances and buses making the rounds on social media.

To ‘dive’ further into this morning’s flooding – and the delays it caused – we've rounded up some of our favorite photos circulating the web:

A boat was this morning's preferred method of transportation.

These people probably wish they had a boat…

Guangzhou offices will see a lot of wet sneakers today...

City buses traversing a flooded street.

Or should we say flooded buses traversing a flooded street.

This guy has the right idea.

When metro staircases become terraced waterfalls.

We can independently verify public transportation delays occured.

Not your average day at the ol’ construction site…

More metro staircase mayhem.

Why they are still trying to keep their shoes dry at this point is beyond us.

Guangzhou insurance companies will undoubtedly be busy in the coming days.

We know what this guy is having for dinner.

Another flooded street, no big deal.

The iconic Canton Tower poking through the storm.

More flooding.

It’s safe to say lots of people probably decided to work from home today…

A flooded tunnel.

This image speaks for itself.

Floating the day away...

#Prepared.

Fishing from the comfort of your own bed…

For some, Guangzhou’s flooded streets were a major inconvenience, for others it was a chance to have a little aquatic fun. Watch 'urban water sports' below:

https://v.qq.com/txp/iframe/player.html?vid=j0199xaoxlw&width=500&height=375&auto=0
Shenzhen also experienced some flooding:

Flooded street in Shenzhen's Bao'an District.

A wet day on the job...

Water cascading down an outdoor staircase.

While That’s can validate the genuineness and location of many of these images, we cannot independently verify the exact source of each photo included in this roundup.

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