BEIJING ¨C Major rivers, waterways and reservoirs in China¡¯s Guangdong province are threatening to unleash dangerous floods, forcing the government on Sunday to enact emergency response plans to protect more than 127 million people.
Calling the situation ¡°grim¡°, local weather officials said sections of rivers and tributaries at the Xijiang and Beijiang river basins are hitting water levels in a rare spike that only has a one-in-50 chance of happening in any given year, state broadcaster CCTV news said on Sunday.
China¡¯s water resource ministry issued an emergency advisory, CCTV reported.
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