Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - July 20, 2017
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1. Aerial shots of underpass in floodwater
2. Worker in waist-deep floodwater
3. Various of pumps draining water
4. Traffic police officer setting up traffic cone
5. Vehicles moving in water
6. Traffic police officer directing traffic

Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - July 19-20, 2017
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7. Various of cars breaking down in flood
8. Various of roadside trees lying in water
9. Sand bags used to block floodwater
10. Resident showing knee-deep water
11. Various of bed, fridge, pot, other articles for daily use in floodwater
12. Various of flooded streets with vehicles, traffic police directing traffic
13. Various of workers opening storm drains
14. Inundated street

Work for draining inundated roads and repairing power lines is underway Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province in the wake of a heavy overnight downpour.

The rain started from 18:00 and built up into a rainstorm at midnight that seriously flooded underpasses, streets, houses and inundated vehicles. The maximum precipitation was registered at 129 millimeters from 18:00-03:00.

At 05:00 in the morning, about three hours after the rainstorm stopped, water was still knee-deep at a local household where some articles of daily use were floating.

Over 400 staff with 90 sets of equipment were sent to 87 flooded sites to drain water overnight. As of 07:00 Thursday, 13 inundated road sections have resumed traffic but still 40 other flooded areas wait to be drained. 20,000 households were still cut off power supply.

Water under a 4.5-meter-tall underpass was still as deep as three meters as of 10:00. Workers are pumping water out of it. Drainage there is expected to be completed in the day as it clears up.