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The China Meteorological Administration raised its major meteorological disaster emergency response on Monday morning, escalating it from level four, the lowest, to level three, and expanding the alert to cover both torrential rain and severe convective weather.

6月15日上午，中国气象局将重大气象灾害应急响应由最低的四级提升至三级，并将预警范围扩大至暴雨和强对流天气。

Meanwhile, the National Meteorological Center has renewed a blue alert for severe convective weather, the lowest level of its three-tier warning system, adding that powerful thunderstorms, hail and torrential downpours will sweep across large parts of the country.
与此同时，中央气象台继续发布强对流天气蓝色预警——这是其三级预警体系中最低级别——并提示，强雷暴、冰雹和暴雨将席卷全国大范围地区。

The center said that from Monday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon, thunderstorms accompanied by gale-force winds above level 8, equivalent to gusts of at least 62 kilometers per hour, or hail are likely to hit some areas of central and eastern parts of North China and the southern part of South China.
中央气象台表示，从6月15日下午至16日下午，华北中东部和华南南部部分地区可能出现雷暴大风或冰雹天气，风力可达8级以上，即阵风风速至少62公里/小时。

In some areas of Hebei province, Beijing and Tianjin, winds will be even stronger, with gusts exceeding level 10, meaning speeds of more than 88 km/h.
河北部分地区、北京和天津风力更强，阵风可达10级以上，即风速超过88公里/小时。

Meanwhile, intense bursts of short-duration heavy rain are forecast for central and southern parts of Northeast China, central and eastern parts of North China, central and southern parts of South China and southern part of Southwest China.
同时，东北中南部、华北中东部、华南中南部及西南南部地区预计将出现短时强降水。

These storms could deliver hourly rainfall of more than 20 millimeters.
这些风暴的小时雨量可能超过20毫米。

The downpours are expected to be heavier in the southern part of Hebei, the southeastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and the southern part of Guangdong province, where hourly rates may surpass 50 mm and could peak above 90 mm.
预计河北南部、广西东南部和广东南部降水更强，小时雨量可能超过50毫米，局部可达90毫米以上。

The center said that from Monday through Wednesday, heavy to violent rainfall is expected to hit most parts of Guangdong and Guangxi, central and southern parts of Fujian province, the southern part of Jiangxi province, western and eastern parts of Yunnan province, the southern part of Sichuan province and the southwestern part of Guizhou province, with some areas likely to be hit by severe rainstorms.
中央气象台表示，6月15日至17日，广东大部、广西大部、福建中南部、江西南部、云南东西部、四川南部和贵州西南部将有大到暴雨，部分地区可能遭遇大暴雨。