The Ministry of Natural Resources has raised the response level for geological disaster prevention in Guangdong to Level III.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has raised the response level for geological disaster prevention in Guangdong to Level III. According to the latest forecast from the meteorological department and comprehensive assessment by the Geological Disaster Prevention and Control Technical Guidance Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the risk of geological disasters in the central and northern parts of Guangdong in the next three days is high. In accordance with the "Work Plan for Geological Disaster Prevention Response of the Ministry of Natural Resources," the Ministry of Natural Resources raised the response level for geological disaster prevention in Guangdong to Level III at 14:00 on August 5. At the same time, a working group led by a comrade at the bureau level of the Ministry of Natural Resources was sent to Guangdong to guide the work. The Ministry of Natural Resources requested the competent department of natural resources of Guangdong Province to enhance risk awareness and disaster consciousness, strengthen bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, attach great importance to the prevention and response of geological disasters during the upcoming period of heavy rainfall, organize inspections and investigations in a timely manner, effectively carry out monitoring and early warning, consultation and assessment, disaster and risk response, and duty shift and monitoring, information reporting, and other work; the China Geological Survey and the Geological Disaster Prevention and Control Technical Guidance Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources will strengthen expert dispatch, coordination and consultation, and consultation and assessment, and fully assist in providing technical support.