China: Freak rain floods Hangzhou · Global Voices
John Kennedy

Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province is home to the Qiantang River, which each year plays host to the world's largest tidal bore; large enough that it occasionally washes bore-watchers away when it comes. This year's bore has come and gone, but the biggest water story in Hangzhou this season is the city's largest rain shower in nearly half a century that left hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes and caused millions of RMB in damage when typhoon Krosa bombed through the China's southeast last weekend.
Netease blogger Zhou Jianguang brings some photos from the streets of downtown Hangzhou dated October 8:
今天水满杭州
到杭州十年了，没遇见过这样的大雨，真是历史罕见，说3个小时下了90cm。6：30起床，一大早去上班，撑伞很困难，行走也不方便，基本上只能保证头部不淋湿。上班路上看到还有几个起电动车的同志，基本上半个轮胎被淹没了。雨太大了，到了单位早饭也不想去吃了，饿了一个上午。中午有幸搭车去吃了一顿饭。一整天都是狂风暴雨，鬼哭狼嚎似的，建筑物也乒乒乓乓的响。老公幸福的很，早上打算出门的时候就接到电话，继续休息一天，后来才知道，去上班的路被淹了。雨大，断电，无聊的他一直给我打电话让我早点回家。到了下午来电了，杭州电视台一直在报道罗莎，他给我电话直播，说什么城里车被淹了，用上求生圈、冲锋船了，有人在马路上游泳了。到了下班时刻，QQ上好友突然发了条消息：你还能回得了家吗？还给我发了不少的照片，车被淹的，路被淹，车库和学校也被淹没了亚。我才意识到，这雨真是下大了。赶紧给家里打了好几个电话，让他们注意安全，家里造房子也中途停止了。
好在很顺利回到了家，吃了晚饭，看看电视，还是满屏幕的抗击台风罗莎的报道，触目惊心：
Luckily I got home okay, had dinner, watched TV, and the screen is still full of reports of the fight against typhoon Krosa, a shocking sight:
妈妈呀，都淹没了
乖乖，这个车自己飘起来拉
雨中真情啊！
这车灯竟然还亮的，莫非车主还在开？
高校的门口就这样被淹了
只留下人民，没有政府了
杭州有个美丽的传说，白蛇传，当年白蛇为了寻夫水漫金山，今天又是谁满了杭州？