Watch it again: County in East China copes with seasonal floods

Funan county in East China's Anhui province has been embattled with seasonal floods this summer as torrential rains have been battering the Huaihe River drainage area.

When the water level breaches the banks of the river's section in the county, local authorities have the option of opening the sluice gates－built in 1953－to let the excess flow into a 180-square-kilometer basin called the Mengwa Flood Diversion Area, administered by Fuyang city and home to more than 195,000 people.

The area, which can hold up to 750 million cubic meters of water, has been flooded deliberately 16 times in 13 nonconsecutive years so far, and the latest diversion was conducted on Monday.

China Daily reporter Zhu Lixin is on the scene, showing how the endangered county has been coping with this natural disaster.

Watch it live at 3:00 pm on Thursday.