China on Sunday raised its flood response alert to the second highest grade as downpours continued to batter regions along the Yangtze River, with ...
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows buildings and farmlands partially submerged in floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Duchang county, Jiangxi province, China July 8, 2020. China Daily via REUTERSBEIJING: China on Sunday raised its flood response alert to the second highest grade as downpours continued to batter regions along the Yangtze River, with the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Jiangxi among the worst hit, state media reported.
China has a four-tier flood control emergency response system, with level one representing the most severe. Citing data from the Ministry of Water Resources, 212 rivers have since early July exceeded alerting levels including 19 of them rising to historical highs. China has blamed extreme weather conditions as a result of climate change for the torrential rain that has since June hit large swathes of the country and caused over 60 billion yuan of economic losses.
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