(ZHOU KE)

Reservists rescue people stranded in the Qingyunpu District of Nanchang, capital city of south China's Jiangxi Province, in the aftermath of heavy storms on May 12.

Local firefighters and a reserve duty division mobilized four canoes and three steamboats in an emergency evacuation of more than 200 local residents.

Several people are missing or dead following the severe weather that flooded cities and damaged houses and farmland in south China, including Hunan and Jiangxi provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.