TOPSHOT - This aeiral photo taken on July 26, 2021 shows rescuers evacuating people at a flooded area in Weihui, Xinxiang city, in China's central Henan province. (Photo by STR/ AFP)/ China OUT
BEIJING: China will step up efforts to issue weather warnings and ensure better coordination and implementation of emergency responses as it braces for more extreme weather in August, a flood control chief said on Wednesday.
July and August are the traditional flooding season in China.
Since this year’s flood started, average precipitation nationwide has been 31.48cm, a drop of 1.1% year-on-year.
But some areas have been hit by torrential rains over a very short period of time.