New Delhi, July 31 -- A flash flood in China's Shaanxi province cost a jewellery shop in Wuqi County too much. The owner said nearly 20 kilograms of gold and silver jewellery had been washed away.

But the real chaos broke out when the street people, shop staff, and residents of the area poured onto the streets to look for the missing jewellery.

The incident, reportedly from July 25, occurred at a jewellery store named Laofengxiang. According to local news portal The Standard, the store was hit by the flash flood just as staff arrived to open for the day.

The owner, Ye, said his staff had stayed overnight to keep watch and had not moved the jewellery into the safes.

When flood warnings were issued that morning, all inventory was still ...