People park vehicles on an overpass in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Aug. 22, 2021. Central China's Henan Province, which was hit hard by torrential rains in July, issued the highest alert for rainstorms at 1:20 p.m. Sunday, the provincial weather bureau said. The bureau forecast a new round of downpours measuring over 100 mm in the cities of Pingdingshan, Luohe, Xuchang, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Nanyang and Zhoukou on Sunday afternoon. The province on Saturday noon also launched a level-II emergency response to floods. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)
ZHENGZHOU, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Central China's Henan Province, which was hit hard by torrential rains in July, issued the highest alert for rainstorms at 1:20 p.m. Sunday, the provincial weather bureau said.
The bureau forecast a new round of downpours measuring over 100 mm in the cities of Pingdingshan, Luohe, Xuchang, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Nanyang and Zhoukou on Sunday afternoon.
The province on Saturday noon also launched a level-II emergency response to floods.
Henan was hit by heavy rain from July 16 that had claimed 302 lives by August 2, with another 50 people remaining missing.
China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. Enditem
