Deluges delay gaokao for hundreds of students

The two-day national college entrance examination, or gaokao, concluded as scheduled for most students across the country, though flooding caused by heavy rainfall presented difficulties for others from southern provinces.

About 500 examinees in Huangmei county, Hubei province, nearly missed the third test on Wednesday morning, as they were trapped by flooding on the campus where they live.

Local police said about 500 students from Huaning Senior High School could not leave the campus when they tried to depart for their examination sites at around 7 am because floodwater had submerged the grounds.