A man struggles against flood waters in Liuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which has been plagued by rainstorms. [Photo:Xinhua]

While people in northern China are feeling the extreme summer heat, residents in south China is fighting against rainstorms and floods.
China Meteorological Administration yesterday issued two weather alarms: more rainstorms in the south and high temperature up to 42 degrees Celsius in the north.
Temperatures ranging from 40 to 42 degrees Celsius will hit Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan provinces and Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang autonomous regions.
Meanwhile, more rains are forecast in the flood-prone southern China. Rainstorms will pelt Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, according to the forecast.
(See detailed story in Nation)