BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Songhuajiang River in northeastern China reported its first flood this year on Monday, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
At 8 p.m., the water level on the river's lower reaches reached the alert line and kept rising, according to the Jiamusi hydrological station. Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said at a meeting on Monday that a total of 85 rivers in the basin have exceeded their warning levels.
