April 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The authorities have declared a state of maximum alert in the province of Canton after almost 40 hydrological stations have recorded water rises above the maximum safe level.
A total of 24 rivers in this province are rising above these levels, according to the notice from the province's Water Resources Department reported by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua.
The local disaster management commission has started a Level 4 rescue operation in the cities of Shaoguan and Qingyuan and, at the moment, more than 650 people are already taking refuge in the centers designated for this purpose due to the possibility of an imminent flood. in the next few hours.
The province's meteorological service warns that torrential rains will continue throughout next week.
