China News Service, Zhengzhou, July 29 (Reporter Han Zhangyun) Li Changxun, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Emergency Management Department, notified at a press conference on the 29th that since July 16th, as of 12:00 on the 29th, according to the National Natural Disaster Management System According to statistics, this round of heavy rains caused 13,912,800 people in 150 counties (cities, districts) in 1,616 villages and towns in the province to be affected. 99 people were killed in the disaster, and there are still missing persons under further investigation.
Data map: On July 26, in Weihui City, Henan Province, people boarded a heavy truck one after another, preparing to transfer from the urban area to Taigongquan Town, Andu Township.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Li Changxun said that from 7:00 on July 28 to 7:00 on 29, there were heavy rains and heavy rains in parts of Shangqiu, Zhoukou, Puyang, Xinyang, Luoyang, and Sanmenxia in Henan Province.
The maximum amount of rainfall is 165mm at Xiayi Rainfall Station in Xiayi County, Shangqiu City, and there are 65 sites with accumulated rainfall exceeding 100mm.
Wei (Gong) Hehe to Qimen section exceeds the warning water level.
The Weihe water system has activated 7 flood detention zones including Cuijiaqiao, Guangrunpo, Liangxiangpo, Gongquxi, Liuweipo, Changhong Canal, and Baisipo.
There are 4 large reservoirs in Zhaotai, Panshitou, Xiaonanhai, and Catfish Mountain, and 27 medium-sized reservoirs that exceed the flood limit water level.
Li Changxun said that since July 16th, as of 12:00 on the 29th, according to the statistics of the National Natural Disaster Management System, this round of heavy rainfall has caused 1,912,800 people in 150 counties (cities, districts) in the province to be affected by the disaster. Of the 99 people, there are still missing persons under further verification.
The province is currently emergency resettlement of 930,300 people (a total of 1,470,800 people have been transferred and resettled); the affected area of crops was 1048.5 thousand hectares, the disaster area was 527.3 thousand hectares, and the area of no harvest was 198.2 thousand hectares; 18 thousand houses collapsed, 57,600 houses were seriously damaged. There were 46,400 households with 164,400 houses, and 135,400 houses with 618,800 houses were generally damaged, resulting in a direct economic loss of 90.981 billion yuan.