China affected by violent floods

The flood-hit area of Lanxi in east China's Zhejiang province Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A flooded street in Lanxi Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A man negotiates floodwater in Lanxi Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

People make their way through floodwater in Lanxi Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

People transfer their livestock in the Nubu township of Lanxi Photograph: Liang Zhen/Corbis

Algae floats in the Hanjiang river, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Wuhan after floods in central China's Hubei province Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Workers try to clear their store of floodwater in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A bus is trapped in the flood in Wuhan Photograph: SHEPHERD ZHOU/EPA

Students make their way across a flooded school compound in Wuhan, walking along a row of chairs Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A man sleeps at an evacuation centre for people affected by the floods in Sanjiangkou village, Zhejiang province. China has mobilised troops to help with flood relief and raised its disaster alert to the highest level after days of downpours Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Soldiers fight a flood in the city of Leping, in east China's Jiangxi province Photograph: Zhou Ke/Corbis

A child sits on the roof of a house half submerged by floods caused by torrential rain in Qiaodeng village in south China Photograph: Imaginechina/Corbis

A man tries to salvage some belongings from his damaged home in Laibin in south-west China's Guangxi province Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Farmers try to salvage watermelons from flooded sheds in Huadong village in east China's Zhejiang province Photograph: ImagineChina/Corbis

A woman transports residents by boat on a flooded street in Lanxi Photograph: Imaginechina/Corbis

The torrential Gulou river in Huangshan Photograph: Guo Chen/Corbis

A flashflood washes away a construction site in Xiuning county Photograph: Huang Junjun/Corbis

A landslide causes damage in the remote Linxiang village in south China's Hunan province Photograph: HU HUI/EPA

A villiage is buried by a landslide in Linxiang in central China's Hunan province Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A woman walks among the tents at a relief centre in Linxiang Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images