On July 12, after consultation and judgment, the National Defense General Administration decided to upgrade the flood response level III emergency response to level II. This year's flood disaster has caused 37.89 million disasters in 27 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) such as Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, and Hunan. 141 people have died and disappeared, with a direct economic loss of 82.23 billion yuan.

Editor in charge: [Zhou Zhaojun]