China News Service, Changsha, June 9 (Reporter Tang Xiaoqing) In the past few days, due to the continued strong rainfall, many rainstorms have occurred in Hunan. In Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan Province, 118,478 people in 16 local towns and villages were affected.
Jianghua, the only Yao autonomous county in Hunan Province, is a minority autonomous county dominated by Yao, supplemented by more than ten ethnic groups such as Zhuang, Han, and Miao. It is the county with the largest population of Yao among the 13 Yao autonomous counties in China. Yaodu".
Jianghua County, Hunan Province was hit by a flood. Photo courtesy of Jianghua County Propaganda Department
From 23:00 on June 6, floods caused by heavy rains hit many towns in the county, and crops along the river were flooded. According to official materials provided by Jianghua County, the local severe floods are historically rare in terms of rainfall intensity and rainfall range. According to hydrological monitoring, the peak water level of Xihe Dalupu Hydrological Station in the county reached 238.10 meters, exceeding the historically highest water level (237.50 meters) of 0.60 meters, and the peak flow rate was 1490 meters per second.
Rescue personnel transferred the affected people. Photo courtesy of Jianghua County Propaganda Department
Affected by this, Jianghua's 50,000-mu flue-cured tobacco was severely affected. The flue-cured tobacco of 1161 tobacco farmers in 121 villages in 10 townships of the county was damaged, 80% of the tobacco fields were over water, and the flue-cured tobacco was damaged 60.5 million yuan.
The tobacco farmers rescued the flue-cured tobacco. Photo courtesy of Jianghua County Propaganda Department
In the flue-cured tobacco plantation base in Zhang Shengbiao, Xinwu'anling Village, Baimanying Town, many tobacco plants were blown down by the storm, and some of the tobacco leaves were damaged and collapsed by the raindrops. The scene was messy. Zhang Shengbiao urged the workers to clean the sundries left in the flood and the dirt on the tobacco leaves, and try to recover the losses. "More than 100 acres have been flooded, and the economic loss may be more than 300,000 yuan." Zhang Shengbiao said.
"We also organize the majority of flue-cured tobacco production technicians to mobilize tobacco farmers to save themselves, drain the flue as soon as possible, clean the flue-cured tobacco as soon as possible, and grab the mature flue-cured tobacco. If there is no hope or face a harvest failure, replant other crops to minimize the loss of flue-cured tobacco. "Ai Xing, director of the Tobacco Office of Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, said.
The flood also affected at least 7,000 acres of rice in the county. As soon as the water gradually subsides, farmers go out to check the rice fields. Liu Xiaomei, a villager of Huangnijiang Village in Baimangying Town, splashed water in the field to "wash the grass". "River water rises quickly and fades quickly. When the river water recedes, a lot of sand will adhere to the seedlings. If they are not washed away in time, it will affect the normal growth and development of the seedlings." Liu Xiaomei said.
Tobacco farmers are cleaning and roasting tobacco leaves. Photo courtesy of Jianghua County Propaganda Department
According to statistics, as of 20 o'clock on the 8th, Jianghua urgently resettled a population of 1,727 people; the affected area of crops was 3,236 hectares, of which 1,741 hectares were affected areas, and the total area was 962 hectares; 12 houses and 21 houses collapsed; direct economic losses were 27.16 million yuan.
"If disasters and dangers occur, we will do a good job of basic livelihood security and rescue work for the people who need to be rescued. For villages and towns that are seriously affected by the disaster, we will allocate some materials urgently and carry out emergency rescue and transitional rescue work in a timely manner." A person in charge of the county said. (Finish)