Mountain flood disaster red warning Anhui upgrades major meteorological disaster (storm) emergency response to second level
Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, July 5 (Reporters Jiang Gang, Cheng Shihua) On the 5th, the Anhui Meteorological Bureau upgraded the third-level emergency response to major meteorological disasters (storms) to second-level, and jointly issued a meteorological warning of mountain flood disasters with the Anhui Provincial Department of Water Resources (Red warning and orange warning), it is expected that there is a high possibility of mountain flood disasters in Huangshan City, Chizhou City, Tongling City and Anqing City.
Mountain flood disaster meteorological warning shows that there is a high possibility of mountain flood disasters in Jinzhai County, Huoshan County, and Shucheng County in Lu'an City from 20:00 on the 5th to 20:00 on the 6th (orange warning); Fanchang County, Nanling County, Xuancheng City, Wuhu City , Anqing City, Tongling City, Chizhou City, Huangshan City are likely to have flash flood disasters (red warning). The above-mentioned areas need to pay close attention to rainfall conditions, strengthen monitoring of torrential flood disasters, timely release warning information, and organize mass transfers to avoid risks in advance to ensure the safety of the people's lives.
According to forecasts, from the 5th to the 8th, there will be persistent heavy precipitation south of the Huaihe River in Anhui Province, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term heavy precipitation and thunderstorms and strong winds. Meteorological experts reminded that in this precipitation process, the overlap of rain areas is high, the accumulated rainfall is large, and the intensity of precipitation is large. It should be focused on preventing the flash flood disasters in Dabie Mountains and southern Anhui Mountains that may be caused by continuous heavy precipitation.