HAIKOU — Classes were suspended and roads flooded in some cities and counties in southern China’s island province of Hainan due to heavy rains that began Monday, brought on by a combination of the remnants of Typhoon Trami and cold air, local authorities said. .

In Sanya city, many roads in the urban area were flooded, while some sections experienced a power outage. Primary and secondary schools as well as kindergartens in Sanya suspended classes at noon on Monday and continued to suspend classes on Tuesday morning. Classes resumed Tuesday afternoon as the precipitation subsided. Qionghai City and Tunchang and Chengmai counties also issued class suspension notices on Tuesday.

The provincial disaster prevention, reduction and relief commission on Tuesday upgraded its emergency response for flood control and typhoon prevention from Level III to Level II.

At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the provincial government issued a Level II torrential rain warning, saying that heavy rains exceeding 250 mm are expected to fall in Wanning and Danzhou cities and Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous District in China. over the next 24 hours.

The province also issued a weather hazard warning Tuesday morning in the event of a geological disaster.

From Saturday to Monday, Typhoon Trami passed over the waters off the southern coast of Hainan and the Xisha Islands.

China has a four-tier emergency response system, with Tier I being the most severe response, and a four-tier color-coded weather alert system, with red representing the most severe. serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.