By OP Rana | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-07-22 09:06 Share CLOSE People walk in the rain in Zhengzhou, Central China s Henan province, on July 20, 2021. [Photo by Zhang Cong/For chinadaily.com.cn]
The heavens opened at the weekend but initially the situation was not as bad as the meteorologists had warned. But by Tuesday, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters realized the severity of the situation and raised the emergency response to floods in Henan province to Level III.
Yet very few expected the volume of rain that the provincial capital Zhengzhou received on Tuesday, which prompted the flood control and drought relief authorities to raise the emergency response to Level II at 3 am on Tuesday, just seven hours after declaring a Level III emergency.
2021-07-22 08:59 By: Xinhua
BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday demanded that authorities at all levels must give top priority to ensuring people s safety and property, and carefully and strictly implement the flood prevention and disaster relief measures.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in an important instruction after continuous heavy rainfall hit regions including central China s Henan Province, causing heavy casualties and property losses.
The rainfall has made the flood control situation very severe, causing severe waterlogging in Zhengzhou and other cities, water levels in some rivers exceeding alarm levels, and damages to dams of some reservoirs, Xi said, adding that sections of railways have also been shut down, and some flights have been canceled.
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China upgrades flood emergency response in central province
BEIJING - China on July 20 upgraded its emergency response to floods from level IV to level III as downpours ravaged the central province of Henan, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).
Torrential rain has lashed the central, western, and northern regions of Henan since July 17 and continued to wreak havoc as of July 20, the MEM said.
Some rivers in the province, including tributaries of the Yellow River and Haihe River, have seen their water levels exceed the alarm levels, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
China upgrades flood emergency response in central province
1 2021-07-21 09:18:30Xinhua
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ECNS App Download A car is inundated by rainwater in Zhengzhou, capital of central China s Henan Province, July 20, 2021. (Photo by Hou Jianxun/Xinhua)
China on Tuesday upgraded its emergency response to floods from level IV to level III as downpours ravaged the central province of Henan, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).
Torrential rain has lashed the central, western, and northern regions of Henan since July 17 and continued to wreak havoc as of Tuesday afternoon, the MEM said.
Some rivers in the province, including tributaries of the Yellow River and Haihe River, have seen their water levels exceed the alarm levels, the Ministry of Water Resources said.