Overview
- Officials confirmed on Thursday that successive torrential rains have left 39 people dead and nine missing in Guangxi, with casualties that include victims of a major reservoir breach in Nanning.
- Jilin Province raised its flood emergency from Level IV to Level III after rains tied to Typhoon Bavi produced the Songhua River’s first major flood of 2026 and the Meihe River’s largest recorded flood.
- China’s Ministry of Water Resources forecast more moderate to heavy rain that is expected to push up water levels on sections of the middle Yellow River and its tributaries, including the Weihe, Fenhe and Qinhe.
- Authorities have ordered intensified monitoring, strengthened forecasting and safety checks on reservoirs and silt dams while warning of risks from mountain torrents, landslides, reservoir emergencies and urban waterlogging.
- The storms are straining local infrastructure and emergency services and could produce more flash floods and reservoir incidents in small and medium river basins, complicating evacuations and recovery efforts.