A heavy truck and a bus drive in deep water on a flooded street as a heavy rainstorm hits Jiujiang city in east China's Jiangxi Province, on July 29, 2009. Local emergency department employees of the city are on standby to answer emergent calls as some local streets were flooded. [Xinhua]

Local residents push a stranded pick-up out of deep water on a flooded street as a heavy rainstorm hits Jiujiang city in east China's Jiangxi Province, on July 29, 2009. Local emergency department employees of the city are on standby to answer emergent calls as some local streets were flooded. [Xinhua]