The city of Suzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province upgraded its flood control emergency response to Level II on Monday as Typhoon Dolphin lashed the region with strong winds and torrential rain.
The typhoon made its second landfall at Yueqing in Wenzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 18:40 on Sunday, about an hour after it first landed at Yuhuan in Taizhou City, Zhejiang.
In Suzhou, heavy downpours pushed water levels in local rivers and lakes to rise rapidly. The city issued a red alert -- the highest level -- for heavy rains and possible floods in the Suzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
The city also dispatched water conservancy projects to operate at full capacity to drain floodwaters. By Monday afternoon, Suzhou had created a flood storage capacity of 220 million cubic meters to help contain rising water levels. The rain also caused waterlogging in some low-lying areas. Fire and rescue teams were deployed to evacuate stranded residents, while power supply crews rushed to restore electricity to impacted communities.
China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. It also has a four-tier emergency response system, with Level I being the highest.
East China's Suzhou upgrades typhoon emergency responses
