The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that on the 20th, the Ministry organized a special consultation on flood prevention and deployed prevention and response measures for the heavy rainfall process in southern China. According to the forecast, from the 20th to the 22nd, there will be a strong rainfall process in most of Jiangnan, southern Jianghuai, northern South China, and eastern Southwest China, mainly with moderate to heavy rain, including rainstorm in parts of central northern Hunan, southern Hubei, northern Jiangxi, southern Anhui, and eastern Guizhou. On the 20th, the Ministry of Water Resources issued a notice to the water resources departments (bureaus) and relevant basin management agencies of 11 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) including Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan, requiring them to tighten their flood control responsibilities, closely monitor the development trend of rainfall, water and flood conditions, strengthen consultation and judgment, and timely release warning information; Scientific scheduling of water conservancy projects, strengthening the inspection and defense of reservoirs, especially small and medium-sized reservoirs and dangerous reservoirs, and implementing safety measures for flood control of ongoing projects; Highlight the prevention of small and medium-sized river floods and mountain floods that may be caused by local heavy rainfall, implement emergency warning measures, supervise and guide grassroots local governments to timely organize the relocation of people in dangerous areas to avoid danger, and ensure the safety of personnel; Strengthen duty and timely report information on dangerous situations, disasters, and defense work. Influenced by the cold and warm air, from the 18th to the 19th, there was a heavy rainfall process in the eastern part of southwest China, the central and southern part of Jiangnan, the northern part of South China, and Zhejiang and Fujian regions. The rainstorm covering an area of 56000 square kilometers was more than 50 mm, and the cumulative maximum point rainfall was 197 mm in Qijiaping, Huaihua, Hunan, and 188 mm in Baishi, Guilin, Guangxi; The Xihe River, a tributary of the Luoqing River in Guangxi, has slightly exceeded the alert. In response to the relevant situation, the Ministry of Water Resources has rolled out encrypted rainfall monitoring and forecasting. At 18:00 on the 19th, it jointly issued yellow and blue mountain flood disaster meteorological warnings with the China Meteorological Administration for Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places. (New Society)