The red heavy rain warning was issued by the China Central Meteorological Station at 6 p.m. on July 29. This is the most severe weather warning level among the four color-coded levels, including red, orange, yellow and blue. This is also the second red heavy rain warning in history since the agency officially implemented the warning mechanism in 2010. The most recent was on September 29, 2011.
Heavy rain caused by Typhoon Doksuri caused severe flooding in Fuzhou City, capital of Fujian Province on July 29. (Photo: Chinanews)
China's Central Meteorological Station forecasts that from 8:00 p.m. on July 29 to 8:00 p.m. on July 30, a series of provinces and cities such as Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi, Henan , Shandong... will have heavy to very heavy rain, some places including the capital Beijing, rainfall up to 250-400mm.
On the same day, the China Meteorological Administration also activated a level 1 emergency response to a serious meteorological disaster due to heavy rain. The decision was made based on the assessment that due to the influence of the remnant circulation of Typhoon Doksuri moving north, many areas in the country will experience prolonged heavy rain, with a wide area of influence and large total rainfall.
According to the agency's forecast, this heavy rain is clearly extreme and has a high risk of natural disasters. An estimated area of up to 220,000 km2 will have accumulated rainfall of over 100 mm, affecting 130 million people.
Beijing also issued a red heavy rain warning on the afternoon of July 29, activated an orange flood early warning response, or level 2, at noon the same day, and requested all rivers and lakes in the city to suspend river traffic, anchor boats to shore, and close all roads leading to rivers and lakes.
According to the local meteorological agency, due to the impact of Typhoon Doksuri, Beijing will have heavy rain from July 29 to August 1, and some river basins may suffer severe flooding.
As of the morning of July 29, Typhoon Doksuri had affected more than 880,000 people in Fujian Province, with direct economic losses reaching nearly 430 million yuan (nearly 60 million USD). Rainfall measured at six monitoring stations in the province broke records since 1961, with Putian breaking the province-wide daily rainfall record.
Doksuri has become the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, and the second strongest typhoon to hit Fujian since meteorological records began in the province. The flood control situation there is currently assessed as “not very optimistic”.
Bich Thuan (VOV-Beijing)
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