Xi flags ‘severe’ task of flood control as rains lash China

As authorities tightened flood control measures, such as pond construction, deaths during China’s monthly summer floods have decreased quickly from the thousands annually in the 1990s.

However, China has been exposed to severe flooding and disasters like immediate mudslides, frequently in its rocky but populated areas, as a result of recent record-breaking rainfall.

On Tuesday, authorities in southwestern Guangxi upgraded a storm warning advice, state journalist CCTV said, adding that about 23, 600 people were affected in 10 regions.

According to state media, flash flood warnings were also issued in the regions of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, where heavy weather for two weeks fell.

Climate experts expect more heavy rains in Guangxi location, and the regions of Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Anhui, which could lead to more mudslides and flooding.

Official media reported that the waters in numerous rivers have surpassed the notice.

However, China’s northern is wilting under some of the year’s hottest conditions.

According to the National Meteorological Centre, the metal was forecast to ascend to up to 39 degree Celsius on Tuesday in Beijing and the Tianjin and Hebei regions.

In seven provinces in the north, west, and center of China, authorities have also begun to offer disaster relief and rainfall prevention.

China is experiencing a summers of severe weather, which experts claim is made worse by climate change.

Greenhouse chemicals, of which China is the country’s biggest transmitter, are a key contributor to climate change.