The newly windowless classroom on the campus of Jinan University

In recent days, Sina Weibo has been flooded (pun intended) with images of the chaos caused on the province’s campuses by the storms that have killed at least 34 people in Guangdong over the past week.

One of the most striking images was that of room 612 at Jinan University after the window had been blown clean off while students were taking class. This went big on Sina Weibo under the theme of “Putting your life on the line for lessons.”

University Road in Shantou

It is not the only campus to have been turned into Venice by the floods. University Road in Shantou was also under water, causing traffic chaos.

Sun Yat Sen University saw trees collapse and streets flooded. Even corridors and classrooms were soaked by the storm. One popular meme on Sina Weibo was that on May 20, a day that is supposed to symbolise love (as the date sounds similar to “I love you” in Chinese) students could gaze over the see, or feel like they were in Venice.

Sun Yat Sen University, courtesy of Sina Weibo

Tech-savvy youngsters took to Sina Weibo to post images of flooding at South China Normal University, South China Agricultural University, South China University of Technology, and other campuses. You can see some examples here.