Beijing: Meteorologists warn that rain will increase in the middle and lower Tangze River this week.
Two people were killed when a house collapsed in Jiujiang Township, Jiangxi Province, and eight people were killed when a landslide hit four houses in a village in Hunan Province’s Sinhuang Dong Autonomous County, China Central Television and Xinhua News Agency reported. Sunday.
Flooding in Huaihua County, Hunan has left one person dead and another person missing, according to CCTV.
Heavy rain has been lashing the northwestern part of Jiangxi province since Saturday, local authorities said.
Zhang Xiaoxiao, an official of the Jiangxi Flood and Drought Prevention Department, said it is important to focus on coastal safety during heavy rains and called on the crew to increase the frequency of patrols and patrols.
According to the Hunan Meteorological Bureau, 184 cities in the province experienced heavy rain over the weekend.
On Sunday morning, the National Meteorological Center issued an orange warning for rain storms, with large areas in the middle and lower Tange River expected to experience heavy rain until Monday afternoon. China has a four-tier weather warning system, with red indicating the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
The China Meteorological Administration raised the national emergency level from three to two on Sunday. The country also has a four-tier emergency response system, with the first tier being the most severe.
Meteorologists warned that overlapping areas of heavy rains increased the risk of floods, geological disasters and floods in cities and villages in several provinces, including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui.
Saturday night, Shexian County in Huangshan City, Anhui City issued a red alert for mountain floods, natural disasters caused by floods in mountain streams and valleys. The warning prompted an immediate evacuation and evacuation of people living in low-lying areas and along rivers.
Feng Deliao, a police officer at the Jiekou Village Police Station in Shexian, said Sunday afternoon that the station, which serves four villages, had sent 12 of its 14 officers to aid efforts.
Affected residents are urged to move with relatives in safe areas or move to disaster relief camps set up by local governments in schools.
The National Flood and Drought Management Center and the Ministry of Emergency Situations have brought together various departments to analyze the past heavy rainfall and drought conditions.
The analysis shows that the intensity of rainfall is really damaging in the coastal area, but the rainfall is more intense in the middle and lower reaches of the Tangzi River and in the Jianghuai area. This could lead to flooding or flooding in provinces that have previously experienced drought, such as Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu.
In stark contrast to the “heavy rain” in the central region, the southern part of China hit by the rain disaster is gradually returning to normal, according to the study.
Repairs are now underway in flood-affected areas in Guangdong’s Meizhou province, where at least 38 people died in catastrophic flooding in the city’s Pingyuan district in the past week.
In Meizhou, the communication network has been restored to pre-disaster levels, but parts of roads and power and water lines are still being repaired. At 6:00 p.m. On Saturday, electricity had been restored in 21 of the 33 flooded villages in the region.
Saturday afternoon, water and electricity supply was restored to all villages in Longyang Province, Fujian Province due to flooding.
The flood and drought control center in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has raised four flood emergency measures as heavy rain has stopped in the city and all rivers have dropped below the warning level.
Guilin’s beautiful section of the Lijiang River reopened on Saturday morning with 37 cruise ships carrying more than 3,700 guests, according to local media Guilin Daily.
