China allocates relief supplies to flood-hit Guangxi

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China has allocated 150,000 disaster relief items to its southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as relief work continues following rainstorm-triggered floods affecting the regional capital Nanning, as well as areas like Guigang, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Monday.

The supplies, which included tents, folding beds, summer quilts, summer clothing and family emergency kits, were jointly allocated by the office of the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration.

An emergency supply mechanism involving government agencies and social organizations has been activated, with relief groups and charitable foundations coordinating donations, including 5,000 family relief kits, 20,000 emergency lighting devices, and more than 120,000 items such as food, drinking water and daily necessities.

China's Ministry of Water Resources on Monday upgraded the flood-control emergency response for Guangxi from Level III to Level II.

Affected by Typhoon Maysak, water levels at 53 rivers in Guangxi exceeded warning levels between 8 a.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday. Four small and medium-sized rivers recorded their largest floods since meteorological records began. Enditem