2015年CRI New Round of Torrential Rains to Hit Hunan

 

Forecasters are warning of another round of torrential rains in the central Chinese province of Hunan over the coming days.

Luo Yijun, deputy director of Hunan's Flood Control Office, says a number of cities in the province should be prepared for more flooding. "At present, we are focusing on trying to prevent flooding in the city of Huaihua in the southwest of the province. We're also forecasting heavy rains for the cities of Shaoyang, Loudi, Xiangtan, Hengyang and Zhuzhou. The new storm system is expected to linger in the region until at least Tuesday."

Crews have been dispatched to different parts of Hunan to reinforce reservoirs.

Heavy flooding in Hunan and neighboring Guangxi this past week has already left over 30-people dead.

The annual monsoon¹ flooding in the region has also toppled some 25-thousand homes and has forced the evacuation of close to 200-thousand others.

The National Meteorological Center has issued a yellow rain alert for Sunday and Monday for other parts of the region, including Guizhou, Chongqing, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Yellow is the 3rd highest alert on China's four-tier color-coded warning system.

But at the same time, the southern island province of Hainan is said to be coping with its worst drought in half-a-century.

The city of Sanya has only registered 16-millimeters of rain so far this year, the lowest figure since 1956.

This has forced local officials to enact² water-rationing programs, with water consuming businesses being forced to cut their water consumption by at least 10-percent.

1 monsoon   

n.季雨，季风，大雨

参考例句：

• The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
• The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。

2 enact   

vt.制定(法律)；上演，扮演

参考例句：

• The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
• For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。