This aerial photo taken on Aug 5, 2023 shows flooded areas in Yanshou county of Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – Chinese authorities on Sunday earmarked an additional 350 million yuan (about $50 million) to assist flood-hit regions of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and also provinces in northeast China.
Torrential rainstorms and floods have wreaked havoc in north and northeast China over the past week
So far, the central government has allocated 520 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds to the above-mentioned regions, according to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management.
Local governments can use these funds for disaster relief, emergency response, relocating residents, seeking flood-related hazards and restoring damaged homes, the authorities said.
Torrential rainstorms and floods have wreaked havoc in north and northeast China over the past week.
Also on Sunday, China's Ministry of Water Resources updated the flood response level in north China's Inner Mongolia and northeast China's Jilin and Heilongjiang.
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The emergency response was raised to Level III, the third-highest level of China's four-tier flood-control emergency response system, as strong rainfall since last Wednesday has triggered flooding in parts of these regions.
Peak flood discharges are forecast to hit certain hydrological stations along some key rivers. For example, peak flood discharge up to 7,500 cubic meters per second will hit Changjiangtun hydrological station in the downstream of the Mudanjiang River around Monday.