China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Thursday activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The country employs a four-tier emergency response system for flood control, with Level I being the most urgent response.

Over the next four days, torrential rain is expected to lash Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and northeastern regions, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).

Meanwhile, the headquarters has maintained a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. The National Disaster Reduction Commission has maintained a Level-II emergency response for flood-hit Hunan Province.

The MEM reported that its emergency rescue center has dispatched 405 people and 261 units of equipment to assist with flood control and rescue operations in Sichuan, Hunan and Liaoning.

(Cover: Hulunbuir Hailar Airport after a thundershower, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China, August 6, 2024. /CFP)