Authorities find difficulty keeping pace with storms

When unexpected rainstorms pour down on unprepared people, the results could be disastrous.

Rainstorm-triggered tragedies have been rife this summer, and casualty reports have surfaced from virtually every place hit by a serious storm.

He Lifu, chief weather forecaster at the China National Observatory (CNO), told China Daily that predicting rainstorms remained a challenge both at home and abroad.