China Issues Flood Warning With Yangtze River Seen at Risk
A partially submerged Guanyin temple in floodwaters in the swollen Yangtze River, in Ezhou.
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China warned it will face a “complex and severe” challenge to prevent floods over the coming week, with some of its major rivers under threat as the country entered the main season for inundations.
The upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be hit by more flooding, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said in a statement on the ministry’s website late on Friday.