Rainfall process occurs in areas along the Yangtze River and north of it in China. The Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters schedules and deploys flood control work.

The Ministry of Emergency Management reported that on the morning of October 17, the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management organized the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and other departments for a joint consultation to assess the development trend of the large-scale rainfall process along the Yangtze River and areas to its north, and to study and deploy flood control work in key areas. The consultation noted that this round of rainfall affects a wide area, with sustained rainfall in some parts of the south and significant rainfall in northern areas that had little rain earlier; high vigilance is required against risks such as flash floods and geological disasters triggered by localized heavy rainfall.