China's Ministry of Water Resources warned on Monday that many small and medium-sized rivers in the country's southern regions could experience floods surpassing alert levels due to heavy downpours anticipated over the next few days.
Rivers in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan, among other regions, are expected to swell as heavy rainfall is forecast to lash parts of southwest China, south China and the regions south of the Yangtze River from Tuesday to Saturday, according to the ministry.
Yongjiang River becomes muddy in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, June 6, 2024. /CFP
The ministry is coordinating preventive measures and responses to rainstorms and floods, while local water resources authorities are strengthening precautions and response efforts, especially in construction sites and tourist attractions.
The water resources ministry and the China Meteorological Administration issued a yellow alert for mountain torrents on Sunday evening in some parts of the country, the third most severe level in the four-tier weather alarm system, warning that mountain torrents are quite likely to hit some areas in Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi.
(Cover: West Lake in the rain, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China, June 10, 2024. /CFP)