Ministry of Water Resources: Some rivers in the Pearl River, Yangtze River, and Huai River basins will experience rising water levels.

This morning, the Ministry of Water Resources held a consultation meeting to analyze and assess the national flood prevention situation, and arranged for the deployment of work to defend against heavy rain and floods. As of 9:00 on July 22, 19 rivers in Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Hebei, Jiangsu, Guangxi, and other regions are still above the warning level, with the highest exceeding by 2.26 meters. According to forecasts from July 22 to July 24: Due to the impact of upstream water inflow, the Songhua River basin, the Liaohe River basin, and the Hun River basin in Xingjiawo Peng below the main stem of the Songhua River, the lower reaches of the Liaohe River, the lower reaches of the Hun River and the Jiyun River in the Hai River basin, and some rivers in the Lixiahe region of Jiangsu will remain above the warning level; affected by rainfall, rivers in the coastal areas of southern Guangxi in the Pearl River basin, the four rivers in the eastern Hubei region of the Yangtze River basin, and the Piu River in the Huaihe River basin will experience rising water levels, with the possibility of small to medium-sized rivers within the heavy rain areas exceeding the warning level and causing floods. From 8:00 on July 22 to 8:00 on July 23, the possibility for mountain flood disasters is high in some areas in eastern Hubei and western Anhui. The Ministry of Water Resources issued an orange alert for mountain flood disasters on July 22, reminding the public in areas affected by heavy rain and floods to be cautious.