廣東話童謠有句「落雨大，水浸街……」，反映出廣州城自古就有水浸嘅問題。 2008年6月12-13號，深圳6·13特大暴雨導致深圳城區大面積水浸，水浸點有1000幾個咁多，死咗6個人。2010年5月7號，廣州市俾罕見暴雨襲擊，幾乎全城俾浸曬，死咗6個人，浸壞咗成1.8萬部汽車。跟住好快，9日、14號嘅暴雨又接踵而至，造成唔同程度水浸。呢次水浸後，中國中央政府先注意到城市水浸問題嘅有幾嚴重。2012年7月21號，一場特大暴雨襲擊北京市，死咗79人，經濟損失116.4億文人民幣。
There is a Cantonese nursery rhyme saying "When it rains heavily, the streets are flooded...... flooding", reflecting the problem of flooding in Guangzhou since ancient times. On June 12-13, 2008, the heavy rain · 13 June in Shenzhen caused a large-scale flood in the urban area of Shenzhen, with more than 1,000 flooding points and 6 deaths. On May 7, 2010, Guangzhou was hit by a rare rainstorm, almost the entire city was soaked in the sun, killing six people and damaging 18,000 cars. Soon after, heavy rains on the 9th and 14th followed, causing flooding of varying severity. In the aftermath of the flooding, China's central government has noticed how serious the problem of urban flooding is. On July 21, 2012, a heavy rainstorm hit Beijing, killing 79 people and causing economic losses of 11.64 billion yuan.