Guangzhou, August 22 (Reporter Wang Jian) According to information from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Emergency Management on the 22nd, as of 22:10 on the 21st, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters maintained its Level IV flood control emergency response for Guangdong; the Guangdong Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters maintained its Level III flood control emergency response. As of 18:00 on the 21st, the province had organized the early evacuation of 86,524 people.

　　The Guangdong Provincial Department of Emergency Management stated that monitoring by meteorological and hydrological departments showed that from 18:00 on the 20th to 18:00 on the 21st, the province's average rainfall was 37.3 millimeters; the maximum cumulative rainfall of 325.0 millimeters was recorded on Yuhua Road in Dongguan, and the maximum hourly rainfall of 105.3 millimeters was recorded on Zhongshan Avenue in Shipai, Tianhe, Guangzhou. As of 18:00 on the 21st, one river in the province (the Tonghu River, a tributary of the East River) was above warning level, and the water level was receding.

　　According to statistics, as of 18:00 on the 21st, two prefecture-level cities, Meizhou and Heyuan, had activated a Level III flood control emergency response; four prefecture-level cities, Huizhou, Chaozhou, Shanwei, and Shaoguan, had activated a Level IV flood control emergency response; and another 51 counties and districts had activated flood control emergency responses.

　　The Guangdong Provincial Flood Control, Drought Relief and Typhoon Prevention Headquarters Office and the Provincial Department of Emergency Management have continued to coordinate key areas such as Dongguan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, and Zhongshan, urging them to strictly implement defense measures for water projects, flash floods and geological disasters, and urban and rural waterlogging.

　　The Guangdong Provincial Department of Water Resources stated that it has organized the Hanjiang River Basin to pre-release and lower reservoir levels by 129 million cubic meters in advance and to retain 180 million cubic meters of floodwater, precisely staggering peak flows to prevent floods from inundating streets in Chayang and Gaopi towns, and has dispatched work teams to urge and guide Huizhou and other areas in carrying out rainstorm and flood defense work.

　　Meteorological forecasts indicate that from the 22nd to the 23rd, rainfall in Guangdong will further weaken. The Guangdong Provincial Flood Control, Drought Relief and Typhoon Prevention Headquarters Office will closely monitor the development of rainfall and hydrological conditions, strengthen comprehensive consultation, assessment, and dispatch inspections, and urge all localities and departments to strictly implement all defense measures and make every effort to safeguard the safety of people's lives and property.