The country has entered a critical period for flood prevention known as "seven down, eight up." The National Flood Control Office continues to coordinate and deploy flood prevention work in key areas.

The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has initiated a level four emergency response for flood control in Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi, maintaining a level three emergency response for Liaoning and Jilin, and a level four emergency response for Heilongjiang and Shandong. The National Headquarters for Flood Control has dispatched working groups to continue assisting and guiding flood control and flood fighting efforts in Liaoning and Jilin. It was pointed out during the consultations that from today, the entire country will enter the key period of "seven down and eight up" for flood control. According to forecasts, in the next three days, there will be heavy rainfall in the eastern part of the northwest, the Huang-Huai region, and South China, with the risk of disasters high, and localized extremely heavy rainfall in Guangdong, and Guangxi.