BEIJING: On Friday, August 4, Heilongjiang province issued a warning of swollen river amid severe conditions and even storms as storms pounded cities, including the now waterlogged provincial capital of Harbin.
The most recent location hit by Doksuri, which has killed, displaced thousands, and put China’s disaster response devices to the exam after swamping Beijing and local towns since making landfall in the south a year earlier, is the Grain-producing city of Heilongjiang.
Powerful convective conditions, including short-term heavy rain, storms and strong gusts, as well as localized torrential downpours in northern Qiqihar, was predicted for Heilongjiang on Friday.
European Jixi and southern Mudanjiang were expected to experience heavy rains, while the northern region of Heihe, north Suihua, southern Harbin, Qitayhe and eastern Jxi may experience light rain.
According to Heilongjiang, which is also home to China’s oldest and largest oilfield, Daqing, combined rainfall in some townships could surpass 100mm in just a few hours of nonstop rain.
Additionally, the state warned of” very high” risks from secondary disasters like hills torrents, urban and rural waterlogging, and waterlogged farmland.
According to the report, small and medium-sized river in the southern and western regions were flooded by earlier storms and might continue to be so.
According to state media, the Yalu River, which runs through Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, may rise above notice rates by Friday evening.
According to China’s regional forecaster, heavy rain will fall in other regions of north China, including Inner Mongolia, portions of Jilin state, and central and eastern sections of Liaoning province.