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China's Jiangxi issues highest alert for floods
By Xinhua Published: Jun 21, 2022 10:01 AM
Photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows a flooded street in Leping, east China's Jiangxi Province. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)

Photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows a flooded street in Leping, east China's Jiangxi Province. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Aerial photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows flooded areas of Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows flooded areas of Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Rescuers enter a village to evacuate stranded people in flood water in Dexing, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 20, 2022. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)

Rescuers enter a village to evacuate stranded people in flood water in Dexing, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 20, 2022. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Rescuers evacuate stranded people in flood water in Dexing, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 20, 2022. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)

Rescuers evacuate stranded people in flood water in Dexing, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 20, 2022. East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels. The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday issued a red alert for floods, as local hydrological stations registered water in local rivers at warning levels.

The heavy rain that lashed Jiangxi has brought the first floods this year in Changjiang River and Xiuhe River in the province, according to the provincial hydrological monitoring center.

The center estimated that the water level would continue to rise in the coming four days in Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, due to the heavy rain and that a flood may form as the water may rise around 0.4 meters above the warning level.

China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.