Workers restore a breach in a levee that lies underneath a railway bridge Sunday in Licun county, East China’s Jiangxi province. Flooding triggered by torrential rains resulted in damage worth 520 million yuan. Photo: VCG

Floodwaters submerge houses and fields Saturday in Licun county. Photo: Liu Lixin/China News Service, VCG

Rescuers deliver supplies to trapped residents by boat Saturday in Ji’an, Jiangxi. Photo: VCG

Rescuers escort residents by boat in Yichun, Jiangxi. From Friday to Sunday, 14,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes due to flooding, the local authority reported. Photo: VCG

Floodwaters submerge a market in Yichun. Photo: VCG

Residents stand outside a flood-hit household appliance store in Yichun. Photo: Liu Lixin/China News Service, VCG

Residents shovel out mud and silt after the flood in Ji’an on Sunday. Photo: IC Photo

As of 4 p.m. Sunday, torrential rains that started on Friday have affected 497,000 people in Jiangxi, the provincial emergency management department reported. Photo: VCG