EDITORS NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Trapped in flood water as high as the windows - a group of travellers were stuck on a bus for hours in the middle of a deluge in southern China.<br/> <br />Rescuers used a safety line to wade through the water and reach those on board.<br/> <br />Sixteen passengers, including two babies, were pulled to safety.<br/> <br />The bus was travelling on a highway in Hunan Province when flood water, triggered by days of heavy rain, caused engine failure.<br/> <br />And it isn't the first flood rescue the province has seen this week.<br/> <br />On Tuesday (June 26) 18 workers at a plastics factory were evacuated as flood water rose up to six metres.<br/> <br />Severe weather has caused rivers to swell, inundating areas across various provinces in southern China.<br/> <br />Landslides and torrential rain have battered roads and damaged infrastructure in the region.<br/> <br />According to estimates, more than 1.5 million people across the country have been affected by the recent rainstorms.<br/> <br />Sarah Charlton, Reuters.
