CHINA’S Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration on Monday issued the maximum red alert for mountain torrents in South China.

The red alert covers four county-level areas in southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which are very likely to be hit by mountain torrents in the following days.

A yellow alert is in place for a district of Nanning, capital city of Guangxi, where mountain torrents are less likely.

The two authorities urged timely monitoring, flood alerts and disaster response in other areas prone to mountain torrents as a result of short bursts of heavy downpours.

Typhoon Talim, the fourth typhoon this year, landed in the coastal area of Guangxi early yesterday, the typhoon’s second landfall in China after it first landed in Guangdong Province on Monday night.

In the next 24 hours, heavy rainfall will lash regions including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan and Guizhou, and gales will also be expected in most of the South China Sea and coastal areas, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said in a statement yesterday.

(Xinhua)