Heavy downpours have been wreaking havoc in southwest China's Sichuan Province since Saturday, with several areas recording 100 millimeters of rain. The deluge grounded dozens of flights and triggered mudslides that inundated highways.

Relentless rain caused mud-and-rock slides, cave-ins, and change of river courses in Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province. Rain-triggered mudslides damaged several highways in Wenchuan, stranding up to 7-thousand vehicles.

National highway 2-1-3 and provincial highway 3-0-3 were both cut off at a number of sections. A section of road stretching more than 100 meters was destroyed on national highway 2-1-3 in Yinxin Township.