China raises crisis response stage for floods in northeast

China raises crisis response stage for floods in northeast


Soldiers of the People’s Liberation Military have sandbags to strengthen a riverbank on August 5, 2010 in Yongji County of Jilin Province, northeast China.

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Authorities in northeastern China elevated their crisis reaction level on Sunday as tributaries of the Songhua, a major river, rose to perilous stages following times of large rain prompted by Storm Doksuri.

China’s Ministry of Drinking water Means explained it raised the reaction for flooding to Stage III at 10 a.m. (02:00 GMT) in Internal Mongolia, Jilin and Heilongjiang. China makes use of a four-tier emergency response process, with Amount I the most urgent.

Heilongjiang, identified as China’s “fantastic northern granary”, is among the the hottest areas to undergo the aftermath of Doksuri, which has killed at minimum 20 individuals, displaced 1000’s and flooded Beijing and many other cities since it built landfall in the south a week back.

China on Sunday allotted an more 350 million yuan ($48.8 million) to help rescues and home repairs in the flood-strike regions which includes Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Heilongjiang and Jilin, in accordance to a government statement.

The govt had beforehand allotted 170 million yuan for rescue and recovery get the job done.



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