The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management allocated 615 million yuan for
central disaster relief funds. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue orange rainstorm warnings.
Newspaper Beijing, July 8 News reporter Chang Jing Guoyuan reported: On the 8th, the Ministry of Finance and Emergency Management Department allocated 615 million yuan in central disaster relief funds to 6 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing and Guizhou , Of which 430 million yuan was used to support flood prevention and flood relief work in disaster-stricken areas, and 185 million yuan was used for life relief work for the affected people, and jointly issued the "Interim Measures for the Management of Central Natural Disaster Relief Funds", which proposed the management of local disaster relief funds. Clear requirements.
According to the forecast of the Meteorological Department, heavy rains will be located in the south of the Yangtze River from the 8th to the 10th. Heavy rains will occur in Guizhou, Hunan, central and northern Jiangxi, southern Anhui, Zhejiang, northern Fujian, and northwest Guangxi. Southeastern Guizhou and Hunan There are heavy rainstorms in parts of the central region, northwestern Jiangxi and other regions, and local heavy rainstorms in the northeast of Jiangxi; the cumulative rainfall in the above regions is 100 mm to 180 mm, and it is more than 250 mm in eastern Guizhou, southwestern Hunan, northeastern Jiangxi, and western Zhejiang. There are strong convective weather such as short-term heavy rainfall (maximum hourly rainfall of 40 mm to 60 mm, local conditions can exceed 80 mm), thunderstorms and strong winds. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue orange warnings for heavy rain on July 8.
The State Defence Office and the Emergency Management Department continue to arrange the deployment of flood prevention and relief work in key areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Super flood-limiting reservoirs, mountain flood geological hazard danger zones and other key areas patrol and defend, implement emergency rescue plans and disaster prevention measures, and organize rescue efforts to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
All levels of the Yangtze River Defence Index in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in accordance with the deployment of the National Defence President, put the safety of the people’s lives first in the first place, and do their utmost to do a good job in flood prevention, flood relief, and disaster relief. The Hunan Provincial Defense Index and 5 cities and states including Yueyang, Changde, Zhangjiajie, Yiyang, and Xiangxi Prefecture started flood response level III emergency response, and some counties and cities started the level II emergency response. More than 70,000 people were dispatched Intermittent inspections; the Disaster Relief Working Group of the Hunan Provincial Emergency Management Department went to Huaihua City, Xiangxi Prefecture and other places to check the disaster situation and guide the disaster relief work. The Anhui Provincial Anti-Finger Index launched the second-level flood emergency response, and organized 38,000 people to conduct embankment inspections on the super-alert river and lake embankments such as Shuiyang River and Chaohu Lake; 8567 pieces of folding beds, etc., invested 109,900 people in flood fighting and emergency rescue, and urgently transferred more than 17,000 people to avoid risks. The Hubei Provincial Anti-Finger Index launched the flood control level III emergency response, organized more than 30,000 people to patrol the embankment, dispatched more than 30,000 people to the fire rescue, militia and social forces, and transferred more than 32,700 people affected by the disaster; Hubei Provincial Emergency Management Department Xiang Yichang , Huanggang and other places allocated 600 tents and 21,500 (beds) provincial disaster relief clothing.