Zhou Ke / Xinhua via Zuma Press A car is stranded in a flooded tunnel after a heavy rainstorm hit China’s Jiangxi Province on May 12, flooding roads in several cities. ________ China’s national observatory yesterday upgraded the warning level from blue to yellow for a new round of rainstorms expected to hit the country’s southern regions over next three days.The National Meteorological Center urged local authorities in south China to strengthen monitoring and guard against possible geological disasters such as landslides.The national observatory uses a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. Rainstorm are set to hit southern China over the next three days, with up to 150 millimeters of rain expected in parts of Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, the center said. Read the full story here
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A car is stranded in a flooded tunnel after a heavy rainstorm hit China’s Jiangxi Province on May 12, flooding roads in several cities.

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China’s national observatory yesterday upgraded the warning level from blue to yellow for a new round of rainstorms expected to hit the country’s southern regions over next three days.

The National Meteorological Center urged local authorities in south China to strengthen monitoring and guard against possible geological disasters such as landslides.

The national observatory uses a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. 

Rainstorm are set to hit southern China over the next three days, with up to 150 millimeters of rain expected in parts of Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, the center said.


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…and the floodgates open.

(AP)-Water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., Saturday, May 14, 2011. Opening the Morganza spillway diverts water away from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)