On Monday, Chinese weather forecasters alerted several provinces to predict heavy rain and flash floods over the next two days as unrelenting rainfalls cause devastation to the nation.
According to top state media, in northwestern Hunan province over three thousand people were evacuated over the weekend as unrelenting rainfalls were unleashed on Sangzhi, Shimen, and Yongshun counties.
According to state broadcaster China Central Television, Sangzhi registered heavy rainfall this year, with maximum rainfall reaching 256 mm (10.07 inches) overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
CCTV added since 1998, that was the most comprehensive and widespread rain in Sangzhi.
China has been engaged by weeks of rainfalls and floods amid an unusually wet summer. In late July, storms from Typhoon Dokusri drove record rains to strike Beijing in over a decade, with China encountering its unrelenting rainfall in 140 years.
The Chinese government has contacted for more protection against flooding as Typhoon Saola now moves to the South China Sea, with forecasts predicting it to land in Guangdong province as early as this Friday.
State media People’s Daily reported on Saturday that China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management organized a video conference, cautioning that unrelenting rainfall in many parts of the nation may generate geological disasters including mountain torrents and floods in some short and medium-sized rivers.
According to the China Meteorological Administration, there is also tension over Typhoon Saola’s way, but it will carry unrelenting rainfall to the seaside areas including Fujian and Zhejiang provinces from Wednesday to Friday.
