China News Service, May 8th. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Bureau of Meteorology, conducted a consultation and analysis of the national natural disasters in April.

In April, my country's natural disasters were dominated by drought, wind and hail, floods, geological disasters, low temperature and freezing, and snow disasters. Sandstorms, earthquakes, and forest and grassland fires also occurred to varying degrees.

　　Various natural disasters caused 4.107 million people to be affected in 24 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 29 people died as a result of the disaster, 14 people were missing, and nearly 8,000 people were relocated and resettled urgently; more than 1,600 houses collapsed and 26,000 houses were damaged to varying degrees; crops were damaged It covers an area of ​​333 thousand hectares, of which 293,000 hectares had no harvest; the direct economic loss was 3.31 billion yuan.

Many places across the country suffered from floods and geological disasters, and local flood disasters occurred in Heilongjiang

　　In April, the national average precipitation was 50.3 mm, which was 8.6% less than that of the same period in normal years. The first flood season in South China started on April 26, 20 days later than normal. The precipitation was unevenly distributed. The central and western regions were more frequent, and the eastern and southwestern regions Less.

Accumulated rainfall in parts of northwestern Jiangxi, Hunan, northeastern Guangxi, and southern Guangxi was 200-300 mm, and the local area exceeded 350 mm. Provinces (regions) such as Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, and Shaanxi suffered floods and geological disasters.

　　The frozen Nenjiang River, Wusuli River and Songhua River in Heilongjiang Province were opened on April 11-13 (4-12 days earlier than normal), and local flood disasters occurred. Some bridges, river embankments, water supply and power supply, etc. Damaged facilities.

In general, affected by the lack of precipitation and late flooding, the floods and geological disasters in April were lighter than the same period in normal years; compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, the number of people affected by the disaster, the number of dead and missing due to disasters, the number of collapsed houses, and the Direct economic losses fell by 57%, 68%, 45% and 48% respectively.

There is little precipitation in parts of Yunnan and Guangdong, and drought continues to develop

　　Since the beginning of this year, the rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River, most of South China, and southwestern my country has been less than normal. Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places have experienced urban and rural water supply shortages and agricultural droughts.

Drought disasters have caused a total of 3.924 million disasters in 183 counties (cities, districts) in 10 provinces (regions) including Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.

　　In April, most parts of the south entered the flood season one after another. Affected by the rainfall and various localities have made every effort to fight against drought and rescue disasters, the drought conditions in other regions have basically eased except for the ongoing drought in parts of Yunnan and Guangdong.

In general, the national drought disaster situation was lighter than normal. Compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, the number of people affected, the number of people needing assistance due to drought, the area affected by crops, and the direct economic loss decreased by 29%, 25%, 79% and 79% respectively. 63%.

The hail disasters are wide-ranging and extreme, and sandstorms in the north cause certain losses

　　In April, 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Hunan, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Gansu experienced wind and hail disasters.

At the beginning of the month, strong convective weather such as thunderstorms, gales and hail occurred in some parts of Hunan. Cities (prefectures) such as Changde, Yiyang, and Huaihua were hit harder.

In the middle and late ten days, there were thunderstorms and gales in Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang and other places, with local winds of 10-12 levels.

From April 19th to 23rd, strong winds in Aksu, Kashgar and other places in Xinjiang caused damage to crops such as cotton and vegetables.

On April 30, affected by the northeast cold vortex, Jiangsu encountered extreme convective weather such as thunderstorms, gales and hail from north to south. The maximum local wind in Nantong reached 14 levels, and 36 counties in 8 cities including Taizhou, Lianyungang, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Yancheng ( City, district) 27,000 people were affected by the disaster, causing heavy casualties and economic losses.

　　In addition, between 15-16 and 25-27, my country experienced two large-scale sand and dust weather processes. Sandstorms in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps caused damage to some vegetable greenhouses and agricultural facilities.

North China, Northwest China and other places suffered low temperature freezing and snow disasters

　　In April, there were four cold air processes in my country, and the number of cold air was more than normal. Among them, there were two cold wave processes on 12-14 and 24-25, with a large drop in temperature.

Affected by the cold air process, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Ningxia and other places suffered low temperature and freezing disasters, which caused damage to forest and fruit crops in Datong, Jinzhong, Luliang and other places in Shanxi; Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Alar City, Keke Cash crops in Dala City and other places were hit by the disaster.

In addition, an avalanche occurred at the entrance of the highway tunnel in Medog County, Tibet on April 1, and the snow disaster in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province on April 3 caused a house and a utility room to collapse, causing casualties.

The seismic activity level is weak

　　In April, there were no earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or higher in my country's mainland, and the seismic activity level was relatively weak.

There were 8 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or higher. The highest magnitude was the magnitude 4.7 earthquake in Ruo County, Tibet on April 7. No disaster loss report was received.

On April 28, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in northern India. The earthquake was felt in Tibet, Lhasa, Shannan, and Nyingchi, which did not cause major disaster losses.

Forest fires are mainly concentrated in Sichuan, Yunnan, Jilin and other places

　　According to preliminary statistics, a total of 68 forest fires occurred in my country in April, with no casualties, a decrease of 158 cases or 66.9% compared with the same period in 2020.

Among them, the temperature in parts of the southwest is relatively high, the precipitation continues to be low, and the high fire risk situation continues. Sichuan and Yunnan have successively experienced many forest fires.

At the same time, with the warming of northern temperatures, key fire risk areas have gradually expanded to the north.

A total of 45 forest fires occurred in the five provinces (regions) of Sichuan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Jilin, accounting for more than 60% of the number of forest fires in April.

There were 4 grassland fires (all in Inner Mongolia), a decrease of 1 or 20% from the same period in 2020.