Disaster After Disaster: Floods Drown Guangxi, Lockdowns Hit Guangdong, Quakes Shake Hunan

The entire supermarket has been swept away by the water. Just wait and see, today we're definitely going to be flooded. Hurry, get up to the third floor. The city of Baisei, Guangxi is suffering from a severe flood, yet it hasn't even made it to the hot search list. Meanwhile, tourists posting photos of their legs during the National Day holiday are topping the trending charts. Is the devastating flood in Baisei really not worth people's attention? Due to the impact of Typhoon Buloi, heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding across Guangxi. As of October 2nd, 28 rivers have exceeded warning levels. Many areas are deeply submerged, with homes and roads underwater, leaving residents isolated in the floods. However, related information has been tightly controlled by the Chinese authorities, and local people can only plead for others to pay attention to this catastrophe. The hardest hit areas include Debao County, Tianyong District, and several streets in Jingxi City under Baise, where floodwaters rose to the first and second floors of buildings, submerging countless shops. Baise City, Guangxi, has just experienced its worst flooding in a decade. My car, my house, everything was gone overnight, as if we'd returned to the days before liberation, one resident lamented. Baise City, Guangxi, is now facing an extremely serious flood, with homes inundated. Yet such a disaster hasn't appeared anywhere on the trending list. Instead, traffic jams during the National Day holiday dominate the hot searches. Is the suffering of flood victims really less worthy of concern than a traffic jam? It's simply incomprehensible. While the entire nation celebrates National Day, few people know that in Guangxi, there's a place called Baise, a former revolutionary base, now enduring a rare and devastating flood. The once-bustling streets have turned into rivers, hard-working families have seen their crops and possessions swept away, and countless people face total loss. Tragically, such a catastrophe has received scant public attention. Many locals, powerless to change the situation, can only sigh. Videos from Guangxi are destined never to leave Guangxi. Residents of Nanning revealed that the flood discharge in Baise caused the Zuojing River to rise sharply, and within two days, floodwaters had poured into the old town of Chongzhou City. A resident of Nanning, Mr. Huang, said, Many areas in Chongzhou and Baise, Guangxi, are already flooded. The Yong River keeps rising and has exceeded the warning level, so all boats have been suspended. The Minsheng Square below is submerged, and the water has reached the streetlights. A tragedy like this, no one across the country sees it. Only people in Guangxi truly know what's happening. The media only reports good news, never bad, bearing the truth completely. A social media user named Voice of the Planet posted a video saying that on October 2nd, in Guaguang Village, Dizhou Town, Jingxi City, Baise, about 2,000 mu, roughly 330 acres, of rice fields were swallowed by floodwaters. He said, This isn't the sea nor a reservoir. Beneath this water, it's all rice fields. In the past 50 years, we've never seen flooding like this in autumn. That same day, another resident from Baise lamented online, The flood is devastating. Houses are underwater, and all the farmland is destroyed. Yet there's no news coverage at all. So many towns and villages in Baise are submerged. Why doesn't anyone post videos? Why are the state media completely silent? China's mainstream media have remained silent, while social networks are flooded with travel and entertainment posts about the National Day holiday. One Weibo user complained, I really hope this era of entertainment worship ends soon. Celebrities can easily make it to the hot search. But as for the floods in Baise, no one outside Guangxi even knows they exist. Whether it's pandemics, droughts, floods, or typhoons, the people of Guangxi have always had to save themselves. News like this never spreads far, and that is the true tragedy of our times. Recently, a magnitude 3 plus earthquake struck Xiaodong, terrifying residents. I was so frightened that I immediately called my ex-husband and our child, one woman recounted. He had just taken our kid back to his hometown in Xiaodong two days ago. I was so anxious. Could we really be that unlucky? I quickly called, and thankfully they were safe. For now, nothing bad has happened there. But honestly, I don't know which will come first, disaster or misfortune. Hunan isn't even located on a seismic fault line. Maybe in these end times, everyone must stay vigilant and protect themselves. Since we're away from home, I saw the earthquake alert for Xiaodong and checked the footage on my home surveillance camera. It lasted just over 10 seconds. At home, it was felt very clearly. My bed shook for about 5 seconds. The sudden, violent shaking scared me so much. Living on a high floor, I couldn't believe it. I thought I was imagining things. At the same time, an outbreak of chikungunya fever erupted in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, prompting local authorities to immediately reinstate strict lockdown and epidemic control measures. Many residents complained that during the National Day holiday, instead of resting, they were forced to work overtime to help kill mosquitoes and were even restricted from leaving the city. Construction projects were suspended. Parks, markets, and several residential areas were sealed off. Trading was banned. And entry or exit was prohibited. The entire city was blanketed in disinfectant smoke. Some residents lamented, There's no more fresh vegetables to buy. We can only eat instant noodles now. The scale of this disease control campaign was so massive that it was almost unbelievable. Videos circulating online show epidemic control personnel in full protective suits deployed across Jiangmen, with many neighborhoods under lockdown and residents barred from going outside. At the county hospital, the number of patients suffering from mosquito-borne fevers surged beyond capacity. Beds ran out, and patients had to be transferred to isolation. Factories were shut down, markets turned deserted, and even flowerpots on balconies, from mid-level to high-rise floors, were crane-lifted down and removed along with the soil. One resident sighed helplessly, They have the power. They can do whatever they want. Trees along the streets were cut bare, and even large ones were pruned until nothing remained. Once orders were issued from above, all actions had to be carried out without question. This mosquito eradication campaign was only the tip of the iceberg in Jiangmen. Within just 10 days, countless temporary checkpoints appeared across Jiangmen and Xinhui. Vast stretches of greenery were cleared to the ground, and dozens of acres of land were stripped bare. Videos spreading online show that after the Chikungunya outbreak appeared in several parts of Guangdong, authorities ordered blood sampling and nucleic acid testing for residents. On September 28th, one residential community in Jiangmen was still queuing late at night for tests, sparking public suspicion. Some residents said the situation seemed to be spiraling out of control. It used to be just over 2,000 cases. Now it's already over 4,000. People are getting infected just from mosquito bites. It's terrifying. Streets echoed with loudspeakers blaring, Prevent Chikungunya fever! And disinfectant spraying took place daily. Old residential buildings were ordered to seal all windows, and epidemic control teams inspected each home. Placing an approved sticker on doors once checked. Even indoor water containers were subject to inspection. The Jiangmen Municipal Committee labeled disease prevention and mosquito eradication as a top political mission. But many observers questioned the move. Since Chikungunya is not transmitted from person to person, why did the Chinese government impose such draconian lockdowns? Analysts suspect other motives behind the scenes. Coincidentally, on September 25th, the biotech company Guangzhou Danjin announced it had received approval for China's first Chikungunya virus nucleic acid test kit, claiming it could begin mass production within a week. This immediately fueled public outrage, with many accusing testing companies of reviving to make money again. Images from Taishan City, which is under Jiangmen's jurisdiction, show numerous hazmat-suited epidemic workers sealing off community gates and blocking residents from leaving. Someone in a video shouted, we're locked down, they've sealed the gate. Another person filmed a market being barricaded, saying, I heard someone managed to escape. Even during the COVID-19 outbreak, they didn't lock down like this. Now it's gone insane. Multiple videos reveal downtown Jiangmen engulfed in thick white disinfectant smoke as large-scale fumigation takes place. One weary resident summed it up bitterly, the mosquitoes aren't dead yet, but the people are already exhausted.