China's national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief on Sunday activated a level-IV disaster relief emergency response following rain-triggered floods in north China's Shanxi Province and northwest China's Shaanxi Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
China's flood control emergency response system has four levels, with Level-I being the most severe.
A work team has been dispatched to Ningxia to assess the impact of the disaster and provide guidance for local relief operations, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).
Due to the influence of rainfall and upstream water, three more rivers in northeast China’s Jilin Province, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northwest China's Gansu Province experienced floods above the warning level from 08:00 Saturday to 08:00 Sunday, according to the MEM.
Starting on Saturday morning, heavy rain battered Yinchuan, Wuzhong and other places in Ningxia, and many places issued red warning, the highest, for heavy rain. As of 22:00 Saturday, five stations in Yinchuan City saw over 100 millimeters of rainfall, resulting in serious flooding in low-lying areas. Local authorities worked overnight to control the water levels and minimize damage.
Various regions in Gansu Province were also hit by heavy rain on Saturday. Police officers and firefighters worked together to help vehicles and personnel trapped in waterlogged areas to safety. In some low-lying areas, rainwater rushed into the factories and breeding farms. Firefighters used water pumps to drain water and cleared the sewer network in the waterlogged area to speed up drainage.
China is still in its main flood season, with scattered heavy rainfall hitting both the northern and southern regions. Local governments are urged to remain vigilant, and to strengthen monitoring and early-warning.
China activates Level-IV emergency response to flooding in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia
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