Beijing, Aug 11 (VOICE) China’s Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration issued a yellow alert for mountain torrents, saying related disasters are highly likely to hit parts of Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces in the northeast of the country till Sunday night.Meanwhile, according to a warning jointly issued by the two government departments, mountain torrent-related disasters are also very likely to hit parts of Yunnan Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, news agency reported.
They called on local authorities to closely monitor weather-related developments and take measures to prepare for disasters.
China has a four-tier, colour-coded weather-warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
In a separate forecast, the National Meteorological Centre said that temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius are expected to hit parts of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in eastern China on Sunday.
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