In response to heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and other areas, the National Office of State Flood Control continues to deploy prevention work.

On June 21st, the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management organized a joint meeting with the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, and other departments to analyze the recent trend of rainfall and the current flood situation, and to study the deployment of key areas for flood control work. The meeting pointed out that the Liujiang River in the Pearl River Basin experienced the first No. 1 flood of the main rivers in 2026, marking the first numbered flood of the major rivers this year. From June 21st to June 26th, there will be heavy to torrential rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of southwestern China, the Yangtze River and Huai River Basins, Jiangnan, and western Guangdong, with isolated areas experiencing extremely heavy rainfall. Over the next three days, there will be a high risk of torrential rain and disasters in Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, and other areas, requiring enhanced prevention against the risks of flash floods, geological disasters, floods in small and medium-sized rivers, and urban waterlogging caused by continuous heavy rainfall. The meeting emphasized the need to strengthen monitoring, forecasting, and warning response coordination, enhance monitoring, rolling forecasts, early warnings, move the work front, timely adjust emergency response, and decisively implement rigid measures such as closures and controls as necessary. Efforts should be focused on preventing flash floods, geological disasters, and floods in small and medium-sized rivers, dynamically adjusting warning thresholds for flash floods and geological disasters, organizing early evacuation in hazardous areas, paying special attention to risk points such as tourist attractions, rural guesthouses, water-related projects, and bridges prone to flooding, further solidify the "five key links", adhere to the requirements of the "four same" principle, ensure early evacuation, phased evacuation, daytime evacuation, and expanded evacuation. Efforts should be made to inspect and defend flood control engineering and ensure the safety of key projects under construction, pre-position emergency rescue forces, pay special attention to sections of levees that are at risk of overtopping, dangerous projects, small and medium-sized reservoirs, key mountain ponds, and silted dams, adhere to inspection and defense, and identify and rectify hidden risks. Preparation should be made for urban waterlogging and field inundation prevention and response work. Efforts should be made to provide relief and assistance with sincerity and warmth, allocate disaster relief funds promptly, mobilize disaster relief materials quickly, and properly resettle affected populations to ensure their basic lives are effectively secured. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters will maintain the Level IV emergency response for flood control in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Chongqing, and Guizhou until 10:00 on June 21, and will end the Level IV emergency response for flood control in Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Yunnan.