China's Ministry of Water Resources on July 10 activated a Level-IV
flood-defense emergency for Zhejiang and Fujian and sent two working groups to
frontline flood-control sites to assist and advise. Typhoon Bavi combined with
an incoming cold front is expected to bring widespread heavy rainfall to eastern
China on July 11–12, with central–northern Fujian and central–southern Zhejiang
facing potential torrential downpours. The Min, Ou and upper Qiantang river
basins and coastal rivers are forecast to see significant water rises; the Min
and Ou rivers may generate numbered flood events. Coastal tide gauges in
Zhejiang and Fujian are likely to exceed warning levels at many stations, and
hilly areas face elevated mountain-torrent/flash-flood risk.
