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BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- China has seen a record high of rivers reporting floods since this year's high-water season began, the Ministry of Water Resources said Sunday.

A total of 377 rivers across the country have reported floods exceeding alarm levels, over 80 percent more than the annual number of such rivers registered since 1998 when severe floods hit China, according to Wang Zhangli, deputy director with the ministry's flood and draught disaster prevention department.

Aerial photo taken on July 9, 2019 shows the flooded areas in Dajiang Town, Rong'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Tan Kaixing/Xinhua)

Some 15 small and medium-sized rivers had seen the all-time worst floods, Wang added.

Both north and south China are expected to see some regions suffering intensive rainfalls from July 16 to August 15, while two to three typhoons might hit China during this period.

The ministry has sent over 30 work teams to guide local floods relief work, according to the official.

Firefighters rescue residents trapped in flood caused by a series of intensive rainfall in Taining County of Sanming, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Qiu Canwang)

Residents aboard the rescue boat wait to be relocated from the flooded Xingmazhou in Binzhou New Village of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)