China News Service, Zhengzhou, August 19 (Reporter Dong Fei) The Yellow River Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources of China reported on the evening of the 19th that the Yellow River Tongguan Station had the largest flood in nearly 20 years.

  The reporter learned from the Yellow River Tongguan Hydrological Station that as of 6:51 on the 19th, the measured flood flow of the Yellow River Tongguan Hydrological Station was 6,100 cubic meters per second, with an average water level of 328.10 meters, which was the largest flood since 1999 at the Yellow River Tongguan Hydrological Station.

  It is understood that the maximum flow of the Yellow River Tongguan Hydrological Station on July 14, 1998 was 6,500 cubic meters per second.

  At 5:06 on August 18, a flood of 5,050 cubic meters per second occurred at Tongguan Hydrological Station on the Yellow River, which was the fifth flood of the Yellow River this year.

  At present, the Hydrological Bureau of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission is closely monitoring changes in rain and water conditions, strengthening consultations and judgments, rolling forecasts and forecasts, encrypting the frequency of testing, real-time tracking and analysis of the flood evolution process, and timely reporting of water regime information. (Finish)