A hurricane struck the Foshan City in Guangdong Province in southern China for the second time in a month on Friday, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others.

The storm was located in a 2,000-square meter food factory in the Foshan City, which has damaged walls and sheds, besides killing many workers, said reports.

In another incident, heavy rainfall followed by hailstorm has hit the city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is a tourist spot. Several farmlands were flooded, trees uprooted and road blocked disrupting the traffic.

Local authorities said they are monitoring suspected reservoir breaches, landslides and mud flows in the region.

The country's Central Meteorological Observatory has alerted the citizens over the possibility of heavy rains and hailstorms in the next four days, reported Xinhua news agency.