Agence France-Presse reports: The Chinese News Agency (Xinhua) said today, Monday, June 24, 2024, that the heavy rains witnessed in central China caused flash floods in many areas. There were reports of deaths and missing people.
A record rainfall of 337.8 mm was recorded on Saturday morning in a city in Hunan Province. Which caused severe floods, according to a report by Xinhua News Agency
Recently, there were reports of 4 deaths and one person missing, state media reported.
Heavy rain also fell in other neighboring areas. – Causing landslides to demolish homes, and there were 8 deaths.
The Chinese National Meteorological Center said on Monday that heavy rains are expected to continue until Thursday in many regions in central, eastern and southern China.
In addition, the authorities also announced a red warning level, the highest level. “Very heavy rain” is likely to fall in parts of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces until 2:00 pm on Tuesday, with rainfall ranging between 250 and 270 mm in those areas.
More than 54,000 people had been evacuated as of Sunday afternoon, Xinhua News Agency reported. After days of continuous rain in the famous tourist city of Huangshan in eastern Anhui Province,
The report also indicates that heavy rains have continued in the region since June 18, causing the closure of dozens of tourist attractions.
China has faced harsh weather and unusually high temperatures in recent months. Scientists say climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is making extreme weather events more frequent and more severe.