China braces for more storms; 121 dead or missing this year


Floodwaters flow past a residential building in Qijiang District of Chongqing Municipality, southwest China on July 1, 2020. A wide swath of southern China braced Sunday, July 5, 2020 for more seasonal rains and flooding. - Xinhua

BEIJING July 5 (AP): A wide swath of southern China braced Sunday for more seasonal rains and flooding that state media said has already left more than 120 people dead or missing this year.

The National Meteorological Center raised the weather alert to yellow Sunday morning, the third highest of four warning levels, for more than half a dozen provinces and the cities of Shanghai and Chongqing. Heavy to torrential rains were forecast into Monday afternoon.

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