Heavy rains have battered parts of central China's Hunan Province starting Saturday night, causing waterlogging and damaging roads in some areas and triggering emergency response from local authorities. Suining County in the province experienced heavy rains on Sunday morning, with an average precipitation of 69.2 mm and a maximum of 187.1 mm. This has led to landslides and road damages in several areas. Local transportation department immediately dispatched emergency repair teams to the affected road sections. They deployed large machines to clear the collapsed rocks and muds from landslides and repaired the damaged roads, while trying to ensure the smooth operation of transfer routes. According to statistics from local emergency department, the rains have impacted over 13,000 people across seven towns in the county, with some farmland flooded. Shaoyang City experienced torrential rains from Saturday night to Sunday morning, with an average precipitation of 40.6 mm and a maximum of 174 mm. The heavy rains triggered a landslide at the entrance of a tunnel. Local authorities immediately activated an emergency response, sending vehicles and personnel to the site to clear the road. After more than three hours of efforts, the road resumed traffic. Xinhua County also suffered heavy rains from Saturday morning to midnight, with accumulated precipitation of 124.7 mm. Many low-lying roads in the county have become severely waterlogged. The heavy rains have also caused serious waterlogging at a local high school, which serves as a college entrance exam site. Local urban management staff rushed to clear the debris and silt from the drainage. "To ensure the smooth travel for the examinees, we have deployed more people and machines. After a full night of hard work, we guaranteed the route for examinees to be clean, tidy and smooth," said Sun Zhen, a local official. Thanks to their efforts, there was no traffic congestion at the college entrance exam sites across the county on Sunday morning, and all students entered the exam sites smoothly. This year's national college entrance exam, also known as gaokao, started on Saturday nationwide. A total of 13.35 million Chinese students are set to sit this year's exam. The video shows: Suining County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, central China - June 8, 2025 1. Various of flood, landslide, waterlogging 2. Flooded farmland Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, central China - June 8, 2025 3. Various of tunnel entrance, flood, vehicles 4. Various of emergency response staff working Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province, central China - June 8, 2025 5. Various of rain, waterlogging 6. Various of vehicles 7. Various of urban management staff clearing debris 8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Zhen, local official (starting with shots 6-7): "To ensure the smooth travel for the examinees, we have deployed more people and machines. After a full night of hard work, we guaranteed the route for examinees to be clean, tidy and smooth." 9. Various of college entrance exam sites, examinees, volunteers [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]