More heavy rain and heat on horizon

Orange alert for rainstorms and yellow alert for high temperature are issued

China's top observatory renewed alerts for rainstorms and high temperatures on Wednesday, forecasting heavy downpours and scorching heat across the country this week.

The National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert for rainstorms and a yellow alert for high temperatures. In the country's four-tier, color-coded warning system, red represents the most severe level, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

The main rain belt is expected to continue shifting back and forth in the Yellow River-Huaihe River region — covering parts of the provinces of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui — until Saturday, while also affecting the provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, with accumulated precipitation up to 500 millimeters in some areas, Zhang Fanghua, chief forecaster at the center, said on Tuesday.