China is struggling to cope with the important flood period of the year lasting from late July to early August, according to China Daily.
According to the Yellow River Conservation Committee under the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources, the Yellow River, China's second longest river, reported its first flood of the year upstream in Qinghai province from the morning of July 29.
CCTV reported that due to continuous heavy rain, the water flow at the Tangnaihai Yellow River hydrological station reached 2,510 m3/sec at 9:36 a.m. on July 29 and is expected to continue to increase in the following days.
Based on flood standards in China, with this water level, the Yellow River has received the first flood of 2024.
China's Ministry of Water Resources sent a working group to Qinghai to guide flood prevention work .
With a length of more than 5,400 km, the Yellow River is China's second longest river. The Yellow River basin is about 750,000 square kilometers wide, making it the third largest basin in China.
This river is called the Yellow River because the water carries silt, with a yellow-brown color.
The Yellow River is known as the "Mother River", helping to build fertile lands for farming in China. The river basin is considered the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and is the center of thousands of years of Chinese history.
For thousands of years, the Chinese have embarked on massive irrigation projects in the Yellow River, including hydroelectric dams in modern times.
The Yellow River basin is home to a large Chinese population, and many of China's oldest cities are located along the river.
Also related to the weather in China, Xinhua News Agency on July 31 cited information from Hunan province officials saying that heavy rain has affected 1.15 million people in the central Chinese province since July 26, causing causing direct economic losses of about 6.13 billion yuan (about 859.75 million USD).
Heavy rains from Typhoon Gaemi forced 95,000 people in Hunan province to evacuate, of which 49,800 needed emergency relief, according to preliminary statistics from the local flood control and drought relief headquarters. direction.
The torrential rains also destroyed 107,500 hectares of crops, of which 17,100 hectares were completely lost.
Currently, Hunan province maintains a level 2 emergency response to floods, the second highest level in a four-level warning system. A total of 78 county-level regions of Hunan province must maintain different levels of flood response, with Zixing and Huarong having activated level 1 emergency response to floods.
The latest weather forecast from the Hunan Provincial Meteorological Department noted that heavy rain is expected to occur in the northwest of the province in the next 1-2 days.
