Vehicles pass through floodwater in downtown Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province, on Sept 6, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in nine provincial-level regions.

These include Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Guizhou, and Shaanxi, as well as southwest China's Chongqing and Sichuan. Authorities have dispatched work teams to Chongqing and Sichuan.

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Heavy rainfall is expected to lash these regions from Monday, and some places are likely to experience thunderstorms and gales.

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Local governments have been urged to closely monitor the precipitation level, strengthen the response to natural disasters and floods in small and medium-sized rivers, ensure the safety of reservoirs, and deal with urban waterlogging in a timely manner.

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China has a four-tier flood-control emergency response system, with Level I being the most severe response.