Rescuers clear debris outside the houses of disaster-affected villagers in Chengguan Town of Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 9, 2025. Rescue efforts are underway after continuous heavy rainfall triggered mountain torrents in Yuzhong County. (Photo by Hou Chonghui/Xinhua)

China's Ministry of Water Resources maintained a Level IV flood control emergency response for multiple provinces on Sunday following heavy rainfall that swept through multiple regions across China on Saturday, which led to rivers exceeding warning levels. Meanwhile, rescue efforts in hardest-hit Northwest China's Gansu Province continued with post-disaster rescue and restoration efforts achieving progress as power was restored and damaged roads repaired. 

According to the ministry, the Level IV flood control emergency response was maintained in the Beijing and Chongqing municipalities, and the Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, as well as in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday. 

China's meteorological authority also said that over the next three days, places including Sichuan, Henan, Anhui and Hubei will continue to experience heavy or torrential rain, with total precipitation in these areas expected to reach 50 to 200 millimeters, and some parts reaching 300 to 350 millimeters. Special attention should be paid to areas prone to geological disasters in Anhui, Henan, Chongqing and the Sichuan Basin, where landslides, mudslides, flooding of small- and medium-sized rivers, and urban and rural waterlogging may occur, CCTV reported. 

The China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) also reminded the public to pay attention to potential secondary disasters and possible adverse impacts triggered by the rainfall on transportation, tourism and agricultural production. Meanwhile, the NMC also noted to pay attention to the development and impact of tropical storm Podul. 

Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, told the Global Times on Sunday that the rainfall is shifting from the north to the south and will be concentrated in the Yangtze River Basin. It will occur as localized extreme heavy rainfall rather than widespread uniform precipitation, which can also trigger severe flooding and waterlogging, as such vigilance must not be relaxed. 

Ma noted that prevention work should be strengthened, including enhancing forecasting and early warning capabilities and strengthening emergency responses, especially intensifying monitoring efforts for secondary disasters such as flash floods, mudslides and landslides in mountainous areas. 

Additionally, focus should be placed on high-risk regions and vulnerable populations, with strengthened consultation, communication, and coordination between upstream and downstream areas to prevent the worsening of disasters caused by the combination of localized heavy rainfall and incoming water from upstream areas.

China's National Climate Center forecasts that from late August to early September, overall precipitation in central and eastern China will show a pattern of "more in the north and less in the south," according to CCTV. 

On Sunday, the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee allocated 32 million yuan ($4.45 million) in Party fees to Gansu Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to support flood control and disaster relief efforts, CCTV reported. 

The working group from the Ministry of Emergency Management arrived at the disaster area on Friday evening. So far, 840 personnel from the national firefighting department, along with 136 vehicles, 16 boats and seven rescue dogs, have been deployed. Eight deceased individuals have been found, and 443 trapped residents have been evacuated and relocated. 

As of Saturday evening, power supply in all affected areas had been fully restored, and subsequent efforts will shift to the reconstruction of the damaged power grid. By 1:20 pm on Sunday, rescue roads in three directions to severely affected areas had all been opened up, CCTV News reported.

Since Thursday, continuous heavy rainfall in Yuzhong county and other areas in Gansu has triggered flash floods, causing loss of power in some affected areas. As of Saturday, continuous heavy rainfall has left to 15 deaths and 28 people missing in Yuzhong county.