Warning renewed for torrential rains

To offset the impact on vulnerable communities, China's top antipoverty agency on Tuesday urged better monitoring of farmers susceptible to flash floods and other geological disasters.

In a circular on its website, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said local authorities should roll out assistance programs targeting those impoverished by the floods and investigate how vulnerable people have been affected.

Through the program, monitors would be sent to track individual families prone to such risks and allocate help, as well as ensure safe housing and drinking water for those affected. Officials are required to rule out risks in infrastructure and speed up repair of damaged houses, roads, water conservancy facilities and other poverty alleviation projects, the group said.

Others measures include local authorities helping affected farmers claim agricultural insurance compensation and create new jobs to offset the decline in agricultural revenue among the affected families, it added.

China has pledged to eliminate absolute poverty by the end of this year.