According to Global Times, the emergency response was activated for Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, and Chongqing at 3:00 pm (local time) on Saturday, with work teams dispatched to Anhui and Hubei to assist local authorities in flood prevention.
Intense rainstorms have battered northern China in recent days, triggering flooding and landslides. A landslide in Hebei province, which neighbors Beijing, killed four people, with eight others still missing, according to state media.
Since Thursday, the Chaobai River has experienced heavy to torrential rainfall. The Miyun Reservoir, located in the northeast suburbs of Beijing, on Sunday recorded its largest inflow flood since the reservoir was built over six decades ago, according to the ministry.
The massive flood in the Lhendekhola that flows towards Nepal from Tibet along the border with Nepal on Tuesday morning has washed bridge and vehicles. The flood also has swept out sections of the Pasang Lhamu Highway, cutting off vehicular access to Rasuwagadhi and severely disrupting conne
The flooding incident following heavy downpour in Chinese territories swept through the border area on Tuesday morning damaging structures in Timure area of Rasuwa in Nepali side.
Heavy flooding has returned to Rongjiang County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, prompting authorities to activate the highest-level emergency flood response, reported Xinhua.
In order to shelter Chinese President Xi Jinping's pet project 'Xiong’an' from extreme weather, the country's province Heibei and its nearby regions witnessed massive devastation, The Washington Post reported.
In China's main grain-producing region in the northeast, days of torrential rain have resulted in severe flooding that has killed 14 people and raised questions about food security as floodwaters flooded farmlands, CNN reported.
More than a million people have been relocated from their homes in China's Hebei province following a catastrophic storm earlier this week, with officials warning that it could take a month for the waters to recede in certain parts, CNN reported citing the state media.
Amid heavy rains in China, several parts of northern and southern China will face a high risk of flooding in August as two or three typhoons are expected to make landfall across the nation, China-based Global Times reported citing Chinese authorities.