This photo shows a car in floodwater in Zhuozhou, North China's Hebei province on Aug 2, 2023. (ZHANG YU / CHINA DAILY)

SHIJIAZHUANG / HARBIN — North China's Hebei province relocated over 1.2 million people as of Thursday morning due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, local authorities said.

Among the relocated, 857,200 are from areas for flood storage and detention in the province.

Between July 29 and Aug 1, 94 counties and districts, as well as 826 townships in the province, had suffered flooding due to heavy rainfall

Amid the impact of Typhoon Doksuri, torrential rains have battered most parts of Hebei since July 27, with the average precipitation in the province exceeding 146 millimeters.

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So far, Hebei has dispatched more than 4,700 rescue teams consisting of over 100,000 people to assist with rescue and relief efforts.

According to Hebei's department of emergency management, between July 29 and Aug 1, 94 counties and districts, as well as 826 townships in the province, had suffered flooding due to heavy rainfall.

Meanwhile, the flood control and drought relief headquarters of northeast China's Heilongjiang province upgraded emergency response measures in two cities on Thursday afternoon, to guard against rainstorms and floods.

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The emergency response was raised from Level IV to III in the city of Mudanjiang and the provincial capital Harbin.

The provincial hydrological department forecast that a hydrological station at the Mudanjiang River is expected to see a flood peak of about 230.4 meters on Friday morning, 1.4 meters higher than the warning water level.

The headquarters asked that residents in dangerous areas be moved to safety, with personnel dispatched to embankments and 24-hour patrols conducted to control risks.