China activates emergency response to floods in four provinces as typhoon Gaemi hits

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Emergency Management on Friday activated a Level-IV emergency response to floods in the four provinces of Guangdong, Shandong, Henan and Hubei, as well as raising the emergency response from Level-IV to Level-III in the northeastern province of Liaoning in the wake of Typhoon Gaemi.

The ministry said that Typhoon Gaemi was traveling further inland and northward after