A drone photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024 shows a staff member removing ice from the cable in Tandu Township of Linxiang, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Emergency Management has upgraded the emergency response for disasters induced by low temperatures, rain, snow and freezing conditions in central China's Hunan Province from level-IV to level-III on Sunday.
The ministry has also activated a level-IV emergency response for the same reason in east China's Jiangxi Province.
The ministry maintained the level-III emergency response in Anhui and Hubei, as well as the level-IV emergency response in Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Shaanxi.
Since Saturday, the ministry and two other government departments have dispatched 60,000 disaster relief supplies to Anhui, Hubei and Guizhou, including cotton-padded coats and quilts. ■
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024 shows a staff member removing ice and fallen branches from a road in Tandu Township of Linxiang, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
Staff members remove ice and fallen branches from a road in Tandu Township of Linxiang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024 shows staff members removing ice on a road in Taojiang County of Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
Volunteers use carts to deliver vegetables to community residents in Taoyuan County of Changde, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 5, 2024. (Photo by Huang Qun/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024 shows staff members spreading salt to melt ice on a road in Taojiang County of Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
