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China is bracing for the onset of the year's most critical flood season, with authorities told to adopt "bottom-line thinking" and prepare for worst-case scenarios in the coming month.

Measures including monitoring the flood water, inspecting embankment and ensuring flood-control materials have been taken by the authorities of Funan County of Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, to control the "No. 1 Flood" for Huaihe River.

Death toll from the heavy rain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has risen to five with another one person missing, local authorities said on July 11.

Henan Meteorological Service and the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a joint statement warning of the risk of farmland waterlogging disasters in Henan on July 8.

Ecological conservation is becoming an increasingly important issue in the agenda of local governments, with Qinghai province making it its top priority.