CCTV News: The Central Meteorological Observatory will continue to issue yellow warnings for heavy rain, drought and strong convective weather and blue warnings for strong winds at 18:00 on May 8.

The Central Meteorological Observatory will continue to issue a yellow warning for heavy rain at 18:00 on May 8:00:00:00 on May 8:00:00:00 on May 8:00:00:00 on May 9, there will be heavy to heavy rain in some areas such as northern Guangxi, eastern and central and northern Guangdong, eastern and southern Jiangxi, western Fujian, southern Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu and northeastern North China, among which there will be heavy to heavy rain in some areas such as northeast Guangxi, eastern Jiangxi, and southern Hunan. Some areas mentioned above are accompanied by short-term heavy rainfall (maximum hourly rainfall is 30-60 mm, locally more than 80 mm), and locally, strong convective weather such as thunderstorms, strong winds or hail.

The Central Meteorological Observatory continues to issue a yellow warning for meteorological drought at 18:00 on May 8:

According to real-time meteorological drought monitoring, there are severe and above meteorological droughts in provinces and regions such as Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, and Guangxi, among which there are particularly droughts in southern Shaanxi, western Henan, northwestern Hubei, and southern Jiangsu. It is expected that in the next three days, there will be heavy to heavy rain in northeastern Jiangnan, most of South China, Jianghuai and other places, moderate to heavy rain in most North China and eastern Yunnan, which will be beneficial to ease meteorological drought. There will still be less rain in other arid areas, and meteorological drought will maintain or develop.

The Central Meteorological Observatory continues to issue a yellow warning for strong convective weather at 18:00 on May 8:

It is expected that from 20:00 on May 8 to 20:00 on May 9, some areas in northern North China, central Huanghuai, eastern Jianghuai, central and eastern Jiangnan, northern South China will have thunderstorms and strong winds or hail weather at level 8. Among them, some areas in southwestern Fujian, northeast Guangxi, northeast Guangdong and other places will have thunderstorms and strong winds of level 10, and the maximum wind speed can reach level 11 or above. The possibility of tornadoes cannot be ruled out in the northeastern part of Guangxi and other places; some areas in eastern North China, eastern Jianghuai, central and eastern Jiangnan, southern China will have short-term heavy rainfall weather with hourly rainfall of more than 20 mm, among which, some areas in southern Hunan, central and northern Jiangxi, southwest Zhejiang, northwest Fujian, northwest Guangxi, central and southern Guangdong and other places will have hourly rainfall of more than 50 mm, with maximum reaching more than 80 mm.

The Central Meteorological Observatory will continue to issue a blue warning for strong winds at 18:00 on May 8:00:00 on May 8:00:00 to 20:00 on May 9, there will be 5 to 6 levels and gusts of 7 to 8 levels in some areas of Xinjiang's southern Xinjiang Basin, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, eastern Gansu, Ningxia, central and northern Shaanxi, Shanxi, southern and northwestern Hebei, Beijing, northern Liaoning, central Jilin, northern Henan, and most of Jiangsu. Among them, the average wind speed in some areas in western Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, eastern Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi can reach level 7 or above, with gusts of 8 to 10 levels; there will be 7 to 8 levels and gusts of 9 to 10 levels in the central and southern Yellow Sea, northern and southwestern waters of the East China Sea, among which there will be 9 levels and gusts of 10 to 11 levels.

From 20:00 on May 9 to 20:00 on May 10, some areas of Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang Basin, central Inner Mongolia, central Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, northern Shanxi and eastern Shanxi, northwestern and southern Hebei, western Liaoning, northern Henan, Shandong and other places will have level 5 to 6 and gusts of 7 to 8. Among them, the average wind speed in some areas of eastern Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang Basin, central Inner Mongolia can reach level 7 and gusts of 8 to 9; most of the Bohai Sea, Bohai Strait, most of the Yellow Sea, and northern East China Sea will have strong winds of 7 to 8 and gusts of 9.