The Luoxingdun islet (left) is seen inundated by flood waters in the Poyang Lake in Jiujiang in China's central Jiangxi province on July 13, 2020. - AFP
NANCHANG (Xinhua): China is bracing for serious flooding in the area of Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, as water level at the country's largest freshwater lake remains high above alert level, amid ongoing torrential rains that have caused widespread flooding along the Yangtze River basin.
The water level at the lake's key Xingzi hydrological station rose to 22.6m at 10am Monday (July 13), breaking the 22.52-meter record of 1998, and well above the alert level of 19m.
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