Emergency Services on Alert as More Rains Hit China

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Emergency Services on Alert as More Rains Hit China

Heavy rains are again sweeping across parts of China, causing rivers and lakes to rise above their warning marks.

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Heavy rains are again sweeping across parts of China, causing rivers and lakes to rise above their warning marks.

The anti-flood bureau of east China's Jiangsu Province reported on Tuesday that the south of the province had received 145 millimeters of rain, making water levels in the Yangtze River mainstream at Zhenjiang, Jiangyin and Tianshenggang leap to 6.93 m,5.69 m. and 5.45 m, above the warning marks by 0.13 m, 0.19 m, and0.25 m respectively.

Observers predicted that more rains would continue to hit the Yangtze mainstream.

The water level of Taihu lake, located in Jiangsu and close to the mainstream of the Yangtze River, reached 3.44 m Tuesday, up 0.01 m from Monday, and just 0.06 m below the warning line.

Dongting Lake, another major freshwater lake in the Yangtze River Valley also rose, according to Hunan anti-flood bureau. The water level of Chenglingji, in Yuyang City in central China's Hunan, reached 31.13 m, 1.33 m higher than in 1998 when floods killed more than 4,000 people.

The Huangpu River, which winds through Shanghai, China's biggest commercial hub, Tuesday leapt to 4.58 m, exceeding the warning mark by 0.03 m.

The latest information from the Central Meteorological Station shows that in the next three days, rains will concentrate on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Some areas of the provinces and municipalities of Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing willreceive 90-150 millimeters of rain.

Zhou Bohua, deputy secretary of Hunan provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, said that most rains came at night this year, further hindering flood prevention work.

Sources at Hunan anti-flood bureau said that rescue materials were in readiness and rescue staff were well prepared.

So far, the province's 61,000 officials, more than 4,000 soldiers, 67,000 militia and 960,000 other workers have helped in the flood prevention works.

Jiangsu and Shanghai are also claiming their flood-control works are in full swing.

Sources at Shanghai anti-flood bureau said that the well-prepared flood prevention works and the immediate sluice gate closure had so far prevented flooding.

Jiangsu anti-flood bureau claimed to have sufficient rescue materials and that their flood-draining work was going smoothly.

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