northeast china province issues highest rainstorm alerts -凯发国际娱乐试玩

northeast china's heilongjiang province on sunday afternoon issued two red alerts for rainstorms, with red being the highest alert level in the country's four-tier weather warning system, according to the provincial meteorological observatory.

the observatory issued the first red alert at 1:10 pm, followed by a second at 2:20 pm it said that several townships in the province have seen rainfall ranging from 50 mm to 70 mm within a period of one to two hours.

heavy rain is expected to continue, with forecasts predicting cumulative rainfall of 100 mm or more.

at 1:40 pm sunday, it also warned of severe convective weather, forecasting thunderstorms, gales and hail, as well as heavy rain in some parts of the province over the next six hours.