Typhoon Bilis hinders homecoming

With his flight out of Hong Kong due to leave within 27 hours the son of the family is somewhere in typhoon hit Jiangxi Province, on a bus journey scheduled to take around 12 hours at the best of times to Shenzen in Guandong Province near Hong Kong.

Torrential rain following the storm has hit Southern China hard bringing severe flooding and landslides which have forced millions to flee their homes.




A scene in Fuzhou, Fujian. Photos from the BBC.




Shaoguan, Guandong

















Now missing the flight would be of little consequence compared to the misery of so many flood victims, but here's wishing that bus a safe road home.