Disaster response level raised for Henan to battle flooding
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Heavy rains spread to northern China, precautions being taken in Beijing
A worker drains floodwaters on a road in Tianjin on Thursday. Typhoon In-Fa brought heavy rainfall to the city. (ZHOU WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY)
The disaster emergency response level for Central China s Henan province was raised on Thursday as the local death toll from flooding rose to 99.
The provincial government said heavy rainfall and flooding had affected more than 13.91 million people by noon Thursday, wiped out over 198,200 hectares of crops and led to the collapse of about 18,000 houses, causing direct economic losses of nearly 91 billion yuan ($14.08 billion).
Extreme rainfalls likely to batter China in late August: official
Xinhua
29 Jul 2021, 04:49 GMT+10
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) Some southern and northern parts of China are likely to see extremely heavy rains and strong floods in mid- and late- August, an official said Wednesday. The northern rain belt is forecast to mainly affect large swathes of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and areas in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, said Zhou Xuewen, secretary-general of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and vice minister of emergency management. Some rivers might experience large floods before the end of August, as multiple typhoons are also predicted to hit the northern regions.
Nation readies for more extreme weather next month By Cui Jia | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-29 07:08 Workers are busy pumping rainwater from a flooded road in Weihui, Henan province, on Tuesday. The city suffered from severe flooding due to the recent extremely heavy rainfall. LI AN/XINHUA
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 31.48 centimeters, a drop of 1.1 percent year-on-year.
28 Jul 2021
Chinese national government officials are blaming local authorities in Zhengzhou and shaming them to act more decisively after at least 14 people died in the city’s subway system during torrential rains last week, China’s state-run
Global Timesreported Tuesday.
Videos of extensive flooding at subway stations and reports of officials refusing to believe loved ones when they reported people were still trapped in the system placed a spotlight on the Communist Party’s poor emergency response. Reports suggest many died because officials refused to evacuate the subways or issue flood warnings.
Speaking during a conference at China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in Beijing on July 26, “Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged for stricter response measures to be taken to enhance safety in densely populated cities such as on subways, in tunnels, and other underground spaces.”
This aerial photo shows workers pumping rainwater from a flooded road in Weihui, Henan province, on July 29, 2021. - XINHUA
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): 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 28).
July and August are the traditional flooding season in China. Since this year s flood started, average precipitation nationwide has been 31.48 centimeters, a drop of 1.1 per cent year-on-year.
However, some areas have been hit by torrential rains over a very short period of time. Thirty-three weather stations have logged record daily rainfall and flood control facilities in many places have not handled the pressure well, Zhou Xuewen, secretary-general of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and vice-minister of emergency management, said at a news conference held by the State Council Informat