On the morning of July 18, the State Defense General Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management continued to organize joint meetings with the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport to investigate recent flood and rain conditions and deploy flood control and disaster relief work in key regions. The conference pointed out that recently, the main rain belt has once again reached the southwest, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and southern China. The rainfall level is still not small. There have been many showers or thunderstorms recently in places such as North China, south-central Northeast China, Huanghuai, and eastern Inner Mongolia, etc., and the flood control situation is serious and complicated.

On the morning of July 18, the State Defense General Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management continued to organize joint meetings with the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport to investigate recent flood and rain conditions and deploy flood control and disaster relief work in key regions. The conference pointed out that recently, the main rain belt has once again reached the southwest, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and southern China. The rainfall level is still not small. There have been many showers or thunderstorms recently in places such as North China, south-central Northeast China, Huanghuai, and eastern Inner Mongolia, etc., and the flood control situation is serious and complicated.