Yunnan and Guangxi to the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Will See Relatively Heavy Rainfall; the National Flood Control Headquarters Deploys Flood Prevention Work

On July 19, the Ministry of Emergency Management said that the Office of the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters organized a multidepartment joint consultation that day to assess the development trend of recent heavy rainfall and arrange flood control and disaster relief work in key areas. The meeting was chaired by Chen Min, Director of the Office of the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, Vice Minister of Emergency Management, and concurrently Vice Minister of Water Resources. The consultation pointed out that over the next three days, the main rain belt will continue to be located over the area from Yunnan and Guangxi to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with heavy rainfall that may also be accompanied by severe convective weather. Because the rainfall areas overlap with those affected earlier, the risks of flash floods, geological disasters, and urban waterlogging are relatively high. Guangxi and other previously affected areas are still in the repair and recovery stage, and the prevention of the new round of rainfall and disaster relief work are being advanced simultaneously, creating considerable pressure. The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters emphasized that emergency readiness must be maintained, flood control responsibilities must be firmly implemented, coordination among departments and commandanddispatch efforts must be strengthened, and the responsible persons in key areas must go down to the front line. Relevant regions need to closely monitor flash flood risk areas, geological disaster hazard points, dangerous reservoirs, and urban waterloggingprone spots, strictly implement early warning response and personnel evacuation requirements, and organize grassroots forces to carry out inspections, repairs, dredging, disinfection, and resettlement of the public, so as to restore production and daily life order as soon as possible.