Heavy rains to sweep country this week

The National Meteorological Center issued a blue alert on Sunday for heavy rain, which was expected to sweep over a vast portion of China from Sunday to Wednesday and could bring geological disasters. The center predicted that the heaviest rainfall would come on Sunday and Monday.

China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

Heavy rain is expected to hit southern, southwestern and northwestern regions, including the provinces of Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Guangdong and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.