National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC)
The National Disaster Reduction Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China was established in April 2002 and joined the “Ministry of Civil Affairs Satellite Disaster Reduction Application Center” brand in February 2009.The center mainly undertakes the data and information management of disaster reduction and relief,disaster and risk assessment,product and service, space science and technology application,science and technology and policy research,technology equipment and supplies research,publicity and education,training and international exchange and cooperation and other functions,proving information service,technical support and decision-making advice for the government’s disaster reduction and relief work.
NDRCC is the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China. NDRCC is an agency providing information and technological support, including a national disaster database which local civil affairs departments access to enter details about the disaster.
NDRCC is a very strong supporter of the UN-SPIDER progamme and is hosting the UN-SPIDER Beijing Office.
National Disaster Reduction Center
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters launched a level 4 emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention in Guangdong and Hainan
Send a working group to Guangdong to assist and guide
A tropical depression formed over the central and eastern South China Sea on the evening of the 5th . It is expected to intensify into the 16th typhoon of the year on the 6th , then move toward the central and western coasts of Guangdong, making landfall there between the night of the 7th and the morning of the 8th (at severe tropical storm or typhoon levels). As a result, heavy rain and strong winds will occur in southern China and the South China Sea from the 6th to the 10th , with heavy to torrential rain expected in central and southern Guangdong, with some areas experiencing heavy rainstorms and locally extremely heavy rainstorms ( 250-350 mm).
In accordance with the “National Flood and Drought Relief Emergency Plan” and relevant regulations, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters decided to launch a level-four emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention in Guangdong and Hainan at 18:00 on September 6 , and sent a working group to Guangdong to assist and guide flood and typhoon prevention work.