Rescue workers search after a flash flooding caused by a sudden downpour triggered mudslides in Datong county, Xining city, in China’s northwestern Qinghai province on August 18, 2022. China OUT (Photo by CNS / AFP)

A road is damaged after a flash flooding caused by a sudden downpour triggered mudslides in Datong county, Xining city, in China’s northwestern Qinghai province on August 18, 2022. China OUT (Photo by CNS / AFP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents clear sludge from their property in the aftermath of floods in Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China’s Qinghai Province on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (Zhang Hongxiang/Xinhua via AP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a rescue worker and dog search through the aftermath of floods in Shadai Village, Qingshan Township of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China’s Qinghai Province on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (Zhang Hongxiang/Xinhua via AP)

A view of bridges that cross over the partially dried-up riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record low water levels in Chongqing, China, August 18, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS