Let's now turn to the wild weather that continues to plague the country. A savage rainstorm has swept southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, forcing local factories to shut down and disrupting traffic.

Raging water roars down to Wanzhou city, creating wild waterfalls along the slope. Some communities have built sand-bag walls to protect their homes.

But other areas have not been spared, as water seeped into the first floor.

The rain arrived suddenly. And it carried a lot of mud from the mountains nearby. I didn't have much warning. Cars could not pass either.

The downpour transformed a local machinery factory into a huge pond. Plumes of smoke are the only evidence of the production that once was.

Everything's gone. It will take us at least a month to resume production.

But some workers say they're lucky enough to still be alive.

In the afternoon the running water was making huge noises like thunder. And the moment we stepped out to safety, the factory was submerged under water.

Thousands of passengers have been stranded at the Wanzhou railway station. After urgent repairs, two railways have resumed operation.

Road travel is also still dangerous as water continues to flow down from mountains, while minor landslides occur from time to time.