Urban Waterlogging · Full chronicle and history

On September 28, multiple areas in Dazhou, Sichuan, experienced heavy rainfall, causing rivers to swell rapidly and severe flooding. A netizen filmed a local police station submerged by the floodwaters.

On September 2, 2026, affected by an extreme rainstorm from the residual circulation of Typhoon Shardel, Fu'an City in Fujian Province suffered severe urban flooding, with accumulated water surging into Mindong Hospital in the city center.

In the early hours of August 18, 2026, an exceptionally heavy rainstorm suddenly hit urban Kunming in Yunnan, causing severe urban flooding. Roads in multiple areas of the main urban district remained severely submerged until that afternoon, and traffic came to a standstill.

On August 15, 2026, heavy rain swept Jiangsu and surrounding areas, triggering severe flooding. Many roads were turned into sheets of water, stranding residents. Online reports say two people were electrocuted and killed or injured while wading in Zhili Town, Huzhou, Zhejiang.

In the early hours of August 12, 2026, torrential rain suddenly hit Taizhou City in Zhejiang, causing severe flooding on multiple roads in the city center. Personnel from local government units revealed that officials have begun controlling WeChat Moments, strictly forbidding public servants from posting videos of the flooding.

After Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Zhejiang, its impact was felt in Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing and surrounding areas. From August 9 to 10, the ground floors of many residences in Shanghai were flooded, some residents were electrocuted to death in their homes, and rescue workers evacuated residents from the flooded homes.

On August 4, 2026, exceptionally heavy rain suddenly hit Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, causing severe urban flooding. Water on several main roads reached chest height, shops along the streets and underground facilities were submerged, and residents queued to wade through the water to evacuate.

On July 28, 2026, Xiamen in Fujian was suddenly struck by an extraordinary rainstorm. The city's drainage system was overloaded, causing widespread flooding across urban areas. In some low-lying sections, water reached nearly waist-deep, and residents and delivery workers struggled to wade through it.

On July 27, 2026, Typhoon Hongxia caused severe urban flooding in Puning, Chaoshan, and other areas in Guangdong, resulting in a serious disaster.

On July 19, 2026, Shanghai was hit by torrential to exceptionally heavy rain caused by strong thunderstorm clouds. Roads in Yangpu, Hongkou and other areas were severely flooded, shops were inundated, vehicles stalled, and residents questioned the slow response of the emergency management departments.

On July 14, 2026, Dunhua in Jilin Province was hit by severe flooding. The Mudan River surged and overflowed its embankments, causing serious urban waterlogging in the city and flooding surrounding villages. Local disaster victims took to social platforms to call for emergency rescue.

Urban flooding occurred in Dalian, submerging buses. Netizens claimed that the local manhole covers, sewers, underground pipelines and drainage system might be fake, covered only with rain grates, with no underground pipe network.

The State Council has released implementation measures and opinions on strengthening the governance of urban waterlogging, proposing that by 2025, new urban areas must no longer experience the phenomenon of “watching the sea” in the city.