Due to heavy rains, the flood reached Sanhe Dam, the main stream dam of the river in Guangdong province, at 11:40 pm. The water level reached the warning mark of 42 meters on Sunday, Xinhua news agency quoted the ministry as saying.

River levels are expected to peak on Monday afternoon, at around 6.5 meters above the warning mark.

Relevant authorities are taking advantage of water conservation projects to reduce floods.

The ministry activated Level-IV emergency response to floods, the lowest level in China's four-tier flood-control emergency response system, maintaining the same emergency level response to floods in Guangdong and Fujian provinces. Is kept.

Both provinces fall within the Hanjiang River basin.

The ministry said it has sent a working group to the affected areas to guide flood response work and will closely monitor changes in flood conditions along the Hanjiang River basin.