Various places in north China have been making every effort to carry out flood relief and prevention works following heavy rainfall.
Parts of Baoding, Zhangjiakou and Chengde in north China's Hebei Province were hit by heavy rain. From 17:00 Friday to 01:00 Saturday, the maximum rainfall in Fuping County of Baoding City reached 540 millimeters, and local authorities have evacuated and relocated over 4,600 residents in five townships in Fuping.
As the rainfall stopped on Saturday morning, Fuping transportation, urban management and other emergency departments dispatched large machinery to speed up the drainage and silt removal.
At present, the silt removal work in the main urban area has been basically completed, with efforts underway to restore electricity, communications and water supply in affected communities.
Meanwhile, cities of Ordos, Hohhot, Tongliao in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were also hit by the heavy rain.
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office and the State Food and Strategic Reserves Administration allocated drainage pumps, electricity generators and other central emergency rescue and disaster relief materials on Friday night to support Inner Mongolia in flood control and disaster relief efforts.
China's national observatory on Saturday continued to issue a yellow alert for rainstorms as heavy rainfall is expected in several regions across the country.
According to the National Meteorological Center, there will be heavy rainfall in Inner Mongolia and some regions in north China and northeast China in the next three days, but the overall trend in rainfall is weakening.
Places in north China proactively respond to torrential rains
Protests against federal immigration enforcement are spreading across the United States, with the latest demonstration unfolding directly in front of the White House.
Early Saturday, more than a hundred demonstrators gathered there, demanding changes to the Trump administration's immigration policies and accountability for recent shootings involving federal agents.
Immigrant rights and civil rights groups said this weekend's rallies mark a coordinated national response. Demonstrations are planned or already underway in major cities including Philadelphia, as well as across states such as North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C., where organizers are calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be removed from local communities.
The nationwide protests follow a deadly week in which three people were shot by federal agents in two days.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, was killed during an enforcement operation by the ICE. A day later in Portland, Oregon, a man and a woman were wounded during a separate federal operation.
In the aftermath, Minnesota state officials accused the Trump administration of blocking their investigation by denying access to key evidence and prematurely drawing conclusions before a full review could be completed.
On Friday, Donald Trump defended the Department of Homeland Security's actions, sharply criticizing Minnesota leaders and calling them corrupt.
Local leaders have pushed back. During a Saturday news conference, the mayor of Minneapolis described ICE agents' actions as reckless.
Officials in both Minneapolis and Portland continue urging demonstrators to remain peaceful as protests intensify nationwide.
According to a 50501 Movement statement issued Friday, at least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025.
Nationwide protests erupt in US after ICE shootings
