Beijing: Torrential rains and related flooding in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have killed 39 people and left nine missing, authorities said Thursday.
The toll includes victims of a severe reservoir breach in the regional capital, Nanning, officials told a flood control and disaster relief press conference.
Separately, heavy rain driven by Typhoon Bavi has hit northeast China's Jilin Province. Authorities on Tuesday raised the province's flood emergency response from Level IV to Level III after the Jilin section of the Songhua River recorded its No. 1 flood of 2026. The Meihe River, a tributary of the Huifa, has suffered its largest flood since hydrological records began. The entire Huifa River is expected to rise above warning levels, with high risks of river flooding, mountain torrents, geological disasters, reservoir emergencies and urban waterlogging, officials said.
China's Ministry of Water Resources warned that moderate to heavy rain through Friday will affect eastern parts of northwest China, with rainstorms or heavy downpours forecast in central Shaanxi and central and southern Shanxi. Water levels are expected to rise in parts of the middle Yellow River and several tributaries, including the Weihe, Fenhe and Qinhe, and some small and medium rivers in affected areas may exceed warning levels.
The ministry urged water authorities in Shanxi and Shaanxi and river basin agencies to strengthen monitoring, forecasting and early warning systems, ensure reservoir and silt-dam safety, and step up flood prevention measures for small and medium rivers and mountain torrents.
(Inputs from IANS)