Rainy weather to end in south next week and then move north

Heavy rain that has battered South China for about a month will last till Tuesday and then move to North China.

The National Meteorological Center said on Thursday that for the next five days, there will be two more rounds of heavy rain in South China, especially in Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, with an accumulated precipitation of 100 to 200 millimeters.

Fang Chong, a chief forecaster of the center, said the subtropical high has remained in southern areas for a long time.