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NE China Province on Flood Alert

Jilin Province in northeast China is on flood alert after heavy rains were forecast for the next week.

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Jilin Province in northeast China is on flood alert after heavy rains were forecast for the next week.

Zhu Qiwen, deputy director of the Jilin Meteorological Bureau, said that since the flood season started, torrential rains have hit the province several times, alleviating the drought that has lasted for four consecutive years, but also posing a danger of floods.

As the rainfall was not evenly spread across the province, rainand hailstorms have occurred in some areas and a lot of land is close to saturated.

If more heavy rain comes, Zhu says, some reservoirs or dykes under construction or maintenance, as well as rivers with poor embankments, will pose a risk.

The province's water resources department has set up 165 flood-control panels made up of 928 senior technicians responsible for the organization and management of flood-control activities.

Zhang Dexin, director of the Jilin Water Resources Bureau, saidreinforcement programs had started on 38 large and medium-sized reservoirs and flood-control materials worth 90 million yuan (10.84 million US dollars), including gunny bags, iron wire, steel barand wooden stakes, have been put into the storehouses above countylevel.

Special rescue equipment, such as life vests, life boats, and emergency power supply equipment, have also been prepared.

The province has established a cable network and a computer system through which hydrological information can be shared instantly among its 41 flood-prone cities.

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