The Ministry of Water Resources issued a flood situation bulletin on the 17th, stating that recent heavy rainfall is expected in regions including Jiangnan, South China, and Southwest China. Affected by the rainfall, some rivers within the heavy rain areas of the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins may experience floods exceeding warning levels.

　　The flood situation bulletin shows that from April 15 to 16, heavy rainfall occurred in parts of Jiangnan, eastern Southwest China, Hubei, and Guangxi. It is forecast that from April 18 to 22, another heavy rainfall process will affect eastern Southwest China, South China, Jiangnan, the Jianghuai region, Hubei, Ningxia, Gansu, and other areas, mainly featuring heavy to torrential rain, with some areas experiencing extremely heavy rain. Affected by the rainfall, major rivers including the Dongting Lake water system and Poyang Lake water system of the Yangtze River basin, the Xijiang and Beijiang rivers of the Pearl River basin, the Qiantang River in Zhejiang, and the upper reaches of the Minjiang River in Fujian will see significant water level rises, and some rivers within the heavy rain areas may experience floods exceeding warning levels.

　　The Ministry of Water Resources organized a flood control consultation meeting that day to arrange and deploy heavy rainfall prevention and response work. In response to the forecast heavy rainfall process from April 18 to 22, the Ministry of Water Resources issued notices to the water resources departments of 16 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, and Jiangxi, as well as to the basin management agencies of the Yangtze, Yellow, Huaihe, Pearl, and Taihu river basins, to further refine and deploy various defense measures.