Staff members are on duty near a railway culvert in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Aug. 22, 2021. Central China's Henan Province, which was hit hard by torrential rains in July, issued the highest alert for rainstorms at 1:20 p.m. Sunday, the provincial weather bureau said. The bureau forecast a new round of downpours measuring over 100 mm in the cities of Pingdingshan, Luohe, Xuchang, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Nanyang and Zhoukou on Sunday afternoon. The province on Saturday noon also launched a level-II emergency response to floods. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)
