Post-disaster recovery underway in China's Hainan after torrential rainfall

A resident cleans up silt from a road in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 14, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

Staff members from the Hainan branch of China Southern Power Grid repair a power facility in Wuzhishan City, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 15, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Sanitation workers clear a road in Wuzhishan City, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 15, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

An excavator clears debris blocking the river channel under a bridge in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 14, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

A staff member repairs cables severed by flood in Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 15, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

A staff member operates an excavator to clear a road in Yahe Village of Wuzhishan City, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 15, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2026 shows staff members cleaning up silt from a road after flood in Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 15, 2026. As the intensity and extent of torrential rainfall decreased, Hainan has shifted to full-scale post-disaster recovery operations across the province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)