Risk of major flooding increases in Huaihe River

As of Monday, Jiangsu province has raised its flood alert level to red for Taihu Lake, Shijiu Lake and the Nanjing and Zhenjiang sections of the Yangtze.

The water level at the Nanjing hydrological station reached a historic high of 10.32 meters as of 2 pm Monday, according to the Jiangsu Water Resources Bureau. The previous record was 10.22 meters in August 1954. The water level will remain high for about a week, according to the bureau.

Nanjing's Qixia district had evacuated 306 elderly or disabled people from Baguazhou Island, the Yangtze's third-largest island, to eight nursing homes by Sunday. Medical workers from 11 hospitals and medical centers accompanied the evacuees to ensure their health during the evacuation and at the homes.