17,000 residents trapped as torrential rain hits Xingning Trapped residents stand on the roof top in Xingning, south China's Guangdong...

17,000 residents trapped as torrential rain hits Xingning

Trapped residents stand on the roof top in Xingning, south China's Guangdong Province, May 28, 2012. (CNS Photo/Wang Hengxiang)

Rescuers try to relocate the trapped residents in Xingning, south China's Guangdong Province, May 28, 2012. (CNS Photo/Wang Hengxiang)

Rescuers try to relocate the trapped residents in Xingning, south China's Guangdong Province, May 28, 2012. (CNS Photo/Wang Hengxiang)

Rescuers try to relocate the trapped residents in Xingning, south China's Guangdong Province, May 28, 2012. (CNS Photo/Wang Hengxiang)

More than 40,000 residents were affected by the deluge and over 17,000 people were trapped by rising flood waters in Xingning, south China's Guangdong Province.

(Source: Ecns.cn)