Beijing temporarily shut down many train lines in suburban areas around the Chinese capital today after issuing an early warning of thunderstorms and flash floods as the north of the country braced for bad weather, Reuters reported. .
Chinese authorities have put the northern part of the country on high alert for heavy rains since last night and agencies have taken measures to counter the fallout from the heavy rains, which are moving north towards the Sichuan Basin and north of the Huai River, it said. Xinhua Agency.
Provincial authorities in the central province of Henan declared the highest flood emergency response level in the city of Nanyang early today to deal with severe flooding, local media reported. The city is located on the banks of the Bai River, a tributary of the Han River.
Also in Henan, the Shangqiu City Meteorological Observatory raised its heavy rain warning to the highest level.
The region where the borders of Henan, Shandong and Anhui provinces meet will see particularly heavy rainfall from late Monday through tonight, forecasts show.
In northwest China's Gansu Province, Kang County has issued a red alert for rain and warnings of mountain and urban flooding as cities are lashed by torrential rains.
South China has seen resurgence of flooding along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze, China's longest river.
Authorities are monitoring and adjusting water levels by releasing water from the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River to reduce flood-fighting pressure in Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi and other mid- and downstream provinces on the river.