Major rivers, waterways, and reservoirs in China’s Guangdong province pose a significant flood risk, prompting the government to implement emergency response measures to safeguard over 127 million individuals.
Describing the situation as “serious,” local meteorological authorities revealed that portions of rivers and tributaries with the Xijiang and Beijiang river basins are experiencing water levels reaching a rare spike with odds of occurrence at just one in 50 chance of happening in any given year as reported by state broadcaster CCTV news on Sunday.
China’s Ministry of Water Resources issued an emergency advisory, according to CCTV.
Guangdong officials have urged departments across all localities and municipalities to initiate emergency preparations to prevent natural disasters. They also emphasized the urgent need to allocate disaster relief funds and materials promptly to ensure affected individuals have access to necessities like food, water, clothing, and shelter.
The province has experienced relentless downpours for consecutive days, coupled with strong winds resulting from severe convective weather, impacting various regions across China in recent weeks.
Starting from 8 pm (1200 GMT) on Saturday, a continuous 12-hour period of heavy rainfall lashed the central and northern areas of the province, including cities such as Zhaoqing, Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and Jiangmen.
State media reported that nearly 20,000 individuals have been evacuated in Qingyuan, while certain power facilities in Zhaoqing suffered damage, leading to power outages in certain areas.
“Please look at Zhaoqing’s Huaiji county, which has become a water town. The elderly and children at the countryside don’t know what to do with power outages and no signal,” said one user on the popular social media site Weibo.
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