China issues alerts for severe convective weather, heavy rain

The China Meteorological Administration on Monday issued a blue alert for severe convective weather and a yellow alert for heavy rains, forecasting thunderstorms, gales, hail and downpours in southern parts of the country.

The range of heavy rainfall in southern China is expected to shrink, but precipitation will not completely cease. Over the next three days, parts of the area will still experience rainfall, with some areas in central-southern Guangdong Province and southeastern Fujian Province expecting heavy to torrential rain, locally accompanied by severe convective weather. 

The forecast said that there would be heavy to torrential rain in parts of southeastern Fujian, central-southern Guangdong and eastern Guangxi on Monday, with some areas in southeastern Guangdong experiencing heavy rainfall (100-160 millimeters). Parts of southeastern Guangxi and coastal areas, central-southern Guangdong and coastal areas will experience thunderstorm or hail, with local winds reaching force 11 or above. Meanwhile, parts of eastern and southern Fujian, southern Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and other areas will experience short-term heavy rainfall, with hourly rainfall of 30-50 millimeters, locally exceeding 70 millimeters.

Meteorological experts remind that recent heavy rainfall in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi, combined with other overlapping precipitation areas, has saturated soil moisture. The public should be highly vigilant against the possibility of disasters such as flash floods, debris flows and landslides after heavy or prolonged rainfall. The public should avoid visiting mountainous areas and pay attention to preventing the adverse effects of severe convective weather.