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CHINA-YELLOW-ALERT-RAINSTORMS
China issues yellow alert for rainstorms
BEIJING, Aug 13, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) — China’s national observatory has
issued a yellow alert for heavy rain on Sunday and Monday.
From Sunday to Monday morning, heavy rain is expected to hit parts of
municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, provinces of Anhui,
Guangdong, Hainan, Hebei, Jilin, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shanxi, Yunnan
and Zhejiang, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the National
Meteorological Center.
Some areas in provinces of Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang will
receive up to 260 mm of rainfall within 24 hours.
The center advised local governments to take precautions against possible
flooding, landslides, and mudslides caused by the heavy rain and recommended
outdoor activities be halted in hazardous areas.
China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system for storms, with
red representing the most severe, followed by orange, yellow, and blue.
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