China News Agency, Beijing, June 13 (Reporter Pang Wuji) The Ministry of Natural Resources of China announced on the 13th that in the first five months of this year, a total of 552 geological disasters occurred in China, resulting in 22 deaths, 5 missing and 10 injured. , the direct economic loss was 197.4514 million yuan (RMB, the same below).
In terms of the type of disaster, in the first five months of this year, there were 208 landslides, 280 collapses, 12 debris flows, and 52 ground collapses in China.
From the perspective of disaster level, there were 5 extra-large geological disasters, 2 large-scale geological disasters, 10 medium-sized geological disasters, and 535 small-scale geological disasters.
It is worth noting that compared with the same period of the previous year, the number of geological disasters decreased by 28.4%, but the number of deaths and missing persons and direct economic losses increased by 285.7% and 149.4% respectively.
Compared with the average of the same period of the previous five years, the number of geological disasters and the number of deaths and missing persons decreased by 24.0% and 6.9% respectively, and the direct economic losses caused by them increased by 39.2%.
From January to May, China successfully predicted 38 geological disasters, involving 1,133 possible casualties and avoiding direct economic losses of 64.35 million yuan.
In May, a total of 271 geological disasters occurred in China, resulting in 16 deaths, 2 missing and 2 injuries, with a direct economic loss of 96.9588 million yuan.
The Department of Geological Exploration and Management of the Ministry of Natural Resources said that in June, China began to enter the main flood season, and geological disasters entered a period prone to high incidence.
According to the multi-year occurrence pattern of geological disasters and related meteorological forecasts, it is estimated that in June this year, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi in East China, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi in Central and South China, and Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan in Southwest China. , Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, western Xinjiang and other provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the northwest region are at higher risk of geological disasters.
Among them, the mountainous and hilly areas in East China, Central South, Southwest China and other mountainous and hilly areas should strengthen the prevention of landslides, debris flows and other geological disasters caused by local heavy precipitation; Northwest loess areas should do a good job in preventing the collapse of the loess plateau edge, landslides, and mud-rock flows caused by local precipitation. ; The Three Gorges Reservoir area begins to enter a concentrated period of collapse, landslide deformation and dangerous situations in the reservoir area. Most areas of the superimposed reservoir area have more rainfall than normal, and it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring and early warning of geological disasters in the reservoir area.
(Finish)