Chongqing lowers emergency response for flood control, says no large-scale downpour in coming days

Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday afternoon said it's lowering the emergency response for flood control to Level IV from III.

China has a four-tier system for flood control response with level I being the most severe alert.

The decision comes after water level of all rivers and lakes in the municipality went below the warning level and no large scale downpour is forecast for the next two days.

Chongqing activated level III flood response on Thursday afternoon.

According to the latest data, 11 people were killed and over 556,000 people were affected across 463 villages in 31 Chongqing districts by Saturday, and the direct fiscal loss has mounted to 860 million yuan due to flood and related disasters including landslides.