Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 18th. The Central Meteorological Observatory issued a blue warning for heavy rain at 18:00 on the 18th. It is expected that heavy to torrential rain will occur in some areas such as eastern and southern Jiangxi, southern Zhejiang, western and northern Fujian, Guangxi, northern and western Guangdong, as well as Xinjiang's Yili River Valley and the Tianshan area along the area along the Tianshan Mountains. Among them, heavy rainstorms occurred in some areas such as southwestern and central Guangxi, northern Guangdong, and northern Fujian.
The Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a yellow meteorological warning for flash floods at 18:00 on the 18th. It is expected that flash floods may occur in some areas such as southwestern Zhejiang, northern Fujian, northern Guangdong, central and western Guangxi, and northwestern Xinjiang (blue warning). Among them, there is a high possibility of flash flood disasters in southwestern Zhejiang, northern Fujian, northern Guangdong, central Guangxi and western Guangxi (yellow warning). The above areas should pay attention to flood prevention warnings and risk avoidance.
At the same time, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a meteorological risk warning for geological disasters. It is expected that geological disasters will occur in southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian, eastern Jiangxi, southern Hunan, central and western Guangdong, central and northeastern Guangxi, and northwestern Xinjiang will be at a high risk (yellow warning); geological disasters will occur in southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian, central and western Guangdong, central and eastern Guangxi will be at a high risk (orange warning). The public in the above-mentioned areas should pay attention to the meteorological risk warning information of geological disasters in a timely manner and go to the geological disaster warning area with caution.
The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that there will be heavy rainfall and strong convective weather in some areas of Jiangnan, South China and the eastern part of the southwest region in the next three days. The China Meteorological Administration launched a level 4 emergency response to major meteorological disasters (storm rains) on the 18th, and at the same time reminded relevant regions to prevent secondary disasters caused by heavy rainfall.
