Work has resumed on concreting and reinforcing the buildings of the second unit of the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, according to Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation.
Alexey Likhachev, CEO of Rosatom, said the company's specialists who remained at the site have already engaged in active cooperation with contractors as part of the fulfillment of contractual obligations.
Rosatom has started developing plans to increase personnel numbers, but the company cannot decide on the return of personnel to the site in full until the military situation is clarified, Likhachev said.
The Bushehr nuclear power plant area first came under attack on March 17. The area was struck again by Israel and the United States late on March 24, after which Russia carried out several rounds of personnel evacuations.
The Russian-built Bushehr facility is Iran's only operating nuclear power plant. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons, and Russia says it supports Tehran's right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
According to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the facility was not damaged.
Construction of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant unit 2 resumes
Heavy rains prompted several regions across China to activate emergency responses on Sunday, with warnings of possible disasters caused by days of intense rains in some areas.
The meteorological service of Nanning City, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, issued an orange lightning warning on Sunday morning.
It warned that most urban areas of Nanning will be affected by thunderstorm and some parts of the city will see heavy precipitation and strong winds.
The lightning warning was followed by another yellow warning for rainstorm, with most parts of Nanning to see heavy rains of 20 to 40 millimeters.
In some areas, precipitation will exceed 50 millimeters and will also be accompanied by thunder and gusty winds.
The central province of Hubei activated a Level III emergency response for major meteorological disasters on Sunday morning.
Local meteorological service estimated that from Sunday night to Tuesday, the province will see heavy to torrential rains and some regions will experience downpours accompanied by severe convective weather.
Local authorities said the public should stay alert to secondary disasters triggered by persistent heavy rains.
Rains hit north China's Tianjin Municipality on Saturday night.
The rainfall intensified significantly on Sunday morning and the rainy weather is projected to last until Monday.
Heavy rains prompt emergency responses in several regions
