More heavy rain will hit southern China this week following severe floodingtriggered be much as 2 feet of rain last week.A stream of water-laden air tied to the summer Monsoon will cross thesouthern China on its way from India to southern Japan. This stream willtrigger widespread heavy rain in a broad swath from Yunnan east to Fujian andZhejiang including hard-hit Guangdong and Guangxi.
Through Sunday, additional rainfall to at least 10 inches will raisepotential for further flooding while also prolonging ongoing inundation.
During last Wednesday through Sunday, rainfall was more than 22 inches atZhenghe in northernmost Fujian. Of this, 13 inches fell within one 24-hour timespan.
Elsewhere, the same stream of water-laden clouds will shed heavy rain overthe southwestern half of Japan.
At the same time, persistent high pressure will hang over northern andnortheastern China to eastern Mongolia. As a result, spotty, mostly lightrainfall will persist over a wide area of central, northern and northeasternChina, some of which is in need of rainfall for summer crops.
Chinese authorities reported at least 175 people dead and more than 100others missing as a result of flooding and landslides within a week on Sunday.
The provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangxi andSichuan were the worst hit, with more than two million people forced toevacuate.
Authorities reported more than 200 deaths associated with flooding insouthern China since the beginning of the year.
