China’s top leadership issued a stark warning Tuesday about heightened risks of extreme weather, including simultaneous severe floods and droughts, during the peak flood season. The Politburo of the Communist Party of China, presided over by General Secretary Xi Jinping, met to map out strategies for flood control and drought relief, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The meeting emphasized that protecting human life is the top priority and ordered authorities to improve monitoring systems, carry out prompt evacuations, and unify water resource management to better respond to concurrent disasters.