Photo taken on July 8, 2020 shows a flooded road in Jishou City of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Liu Zhenjun/Xinhua)
Heavy downpours continued to wreak havoc across vast stretches of China as the country renewed its alert for rainstorms. A total of 615 million yuan funds has been allocated for disaster relief in regions hit by floods.
Beijing, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China's national observatory on Wednesday renewed its orange alert, the second-highest, for rainstorms, while the downpour is forecast to continue from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning, in large parts of southern China, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC).
China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters upgraded the emergency response for flood control from level IV to level III on Tuesday afternoon.
Photo taken on July 7, 2020 shows a view of Shexian County battered by flood in east China's Anhui Province. Torrential rain caused severe flooding in the county. (Photo by Pan Cheng/Xinhua)
A worker rinses a road in Jishou City, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2020. Heavy rainfall hit Jishou City of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
The Government on Wednesday allocated a total of 615 million yuan (about 87.6 million U.S. dollars) for disaster relief in regions hit by floods, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said.
The funds, allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the MEM, were channeled to Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing, and Guizhou, with 430 million yuan to be used for flood control.
The remaining 185 million yuan will be used to help people affected by disasters.
Rescue team members row a rubber boat to transfer flood-stranded people in Jingdezhen of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 8, 2020. Jingdezhen has been experiencing incessant downpours in recent days. The rescue and relief work has been carried out in an orderly manner. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
The NMC also warned Wednesday that some areas of east China's Jiangxi Province will experience downpours with up to 260 mm of daily rainfall.
Jiangxi Province upgraded its emergency response for flood control from the fourth to the third level as of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. Downpours that started Monday in the province have impacted nearly 399,000 people, according to the provincial emergency management bureau.
Rescue team members transfer a flood-stranded woman with a rubber boat in Jingdezhen of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
An excavator runs in a flooded road at Zhaoxian Township of Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
People patrol at a dike in Yangzizhou Town, Donghu District in Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Aerial photo shows water gushing out from spillways at Xin'an River Reservoir in east China's Zhejiang Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
On Tuesday, east China's Zhejiang Province raised its flooding emergency response level to the top level along the Qiantang River.
The Xin'an River Reservoir, the largest flood control project in eastern China, unprecedentedly opened all the nine spillways on Wednesday morning to release floodwaters.
It is the first time that the reservoir has opened all the spillways to discharge floodwaters since it finished construction in 1959.
Photo taken on July 8, 2020 shows locals standing beside a waterlogged area in Jiande of Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Some areas in Jiande have been inundated since the Xin'an River Reservoir, an important flood control project in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, started discharging floodwater on Tuesday.
Photo taken on July 8, 2020 shows an inundated residential building in Jiande of Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Rescuers firm a dike in Wuxing District, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Rescuers conduct a water rescue drill in Wuxing District, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Aerial photo taken on July 8, 2020 shows flooded roads in Jishou City of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Zhang Shujie/Xinhua)
Rescuers help evacuate trapped villagers at Yanchi Township of Shimen County, central China's Hunan Province, July 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)■