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In Shaanxi, in Northwest China, more than 700 professional rescuers and over 1,500 local people are searching for 31 people who are still missing after their vehicles plunged into a flooded river when a highway bridge collapsed amid torrential rains.

China's weather authorities on July 18 renewed a yellow alert, the third-most severe warning, for rainstorms in several regions in the country, including the southern area of Shaanxi.

Strong rainfall is expected to persist in Central China's Henan province until July 18, a meteorological expert said during an online news conference.

Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. 

Even more frequent and intense torrential rains are expected to hit broader areas in the coming 30 days, making the flood control situation more complicated.