China's Shaanxi activates top level emergency response for natural disaster relief

XI'AN, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Tuesday raised the emergency response level for natural disaster relief from Level IV to Level I, the highest in the country's four-tier emergency response system, after rain-triggered disasters claimed the lives of at least 20 people in the province.

The provincial disaster prevention, mitigation and relief commission activated the top-level emerg