Improved weather forecasting helps reduce losses

China's weather forecasting accuracy has progressed during the past five years, providing more timely disaster warnings, the National Meteorological Center said on Tuesday.

The accuracy in predicting heavy rain 24 hours in advance increased by 7 percentage points over 2014, which is close to the advanced level of the international community.

Grain output forecasts remained stable at about 96 percent accuracy, while the error range of typhoon tracking remains at about 70 kilometers, the center said.