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<br>SHANGHAI, July 7 (Reuters) - China raised its national emergency response level on Tuesday as days of torrential rain triggered flood warnings across the country,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] killing more than 100 people and disrupting the first day of national college exams.<br> <br>State television reported the Chinese government's office for flood control raised the response level to III from IV on its four-tier scale, and said 13,117 emergency response and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] rescue staff had been deployed to deal with the floods.<br> <br>As of last Friday, there were 119 people dead or missing nationwide as a result of the rainstorms, while the emergency ministry estimated economic losses to be in excess of 40 billion yuan ($5.7 billion).<br> <br>Guizhou, Anhui, Hunan and Hubei provinces were expected to record 250-280 millimetres (10-11 inches) of rain on Tuesday, according to the China Meteorological Administration.<br> <br>In the central city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus epidemic first erupted in December, a record-breaking 426 millimetres (16.8 inches) of rain fell on Sunday, the official China Daily reported, and authorities were using giant pumps to remove water from flooded roads.<br> <br>The official Xinhua news agency reported that a key reservoir for flood control in southeastern [http://www.gameinformer.com/search/searchresults.aspx?q=Zhejiang%20province Zhejiang province] opened its spillways for the first time in nine years to lower water levels.<br> <br>With nearly 11 million students set to sit their college exams, the weather agency warned parents to heed forecasts and prepare school journeys carefully.<br> <br>Exams in some parts of Anhui province were postponed as a result of the worst flooding for 50 years, the local government reported.<br> <br>The city of Qianjiang in the central province of Hubei became the first city to issue a Level I flood response alert on Monday after roads and farmland were inundated.<br> <br>Authorities in Hubei and neighbouring Hunan province have also [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=issued%20orange issued orange] flood alerts - the second highest - with some rivers 2-3 metres higher than warning levels, according to water ministry data.<br> <br>State media also reported that 21 people died and another 15 were injured after a bus crashed into a reservoir in southwest Guizhou province.<br><br>It was not clear how many people were in the bus at the time of the crash or what caused the accident. ($1 = 7.0207 yuan) (Reporting by David Stanway; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Alex Richardson)<br>