A resident rides an electric scooter through the rain in Beijing on Monday night. Photo: Jia Tianyong/China News Service, VCG

A woman walks through the rain wearing a flimsy plastic raincoat on Monday night. Photo: VCG

Workers set up a warning light Monday evening on a swamped road in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG

Residents walk under umbrellas Monday in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. Photo: VCG

Residents ride in the rain Monday in Lianyungang. Photo: VCG

Drivers make little headway moving through floodwater Monday in Daqing, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. Photo: VCG

Drivers brave the heavy rain Monday in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province. Photo: VCG

Cars, which have been parked on a bridge to avoid the floodwaters, are still there Monday in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province. Photo: VCG

Sandbags used to keep floodwaters at bay are seen at an entrance to a residential compound after it rained in Zhengzhou on Monday. Photo: VCG

Rain clouds darken the sky of Fuzhou, East China’s Fujian province, on Monday. Photo: Zhang Bin/China News Service, VCG

Lighting crashes Monday night in Jiujiang, East China’s Jiangxi province. Photo: VCG