China News Service, June 9th, according to the official WeChat news of the Emergency Management Department, as of 16:00 on June 9th, floods in the south caused 2.627 million passengers in 11 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan and Fujian. Affected by the emergency, 228,000 people were transferred and resettled; more than 1,300 houses collapsed; the affected area of agricultural crops was 14.59 million hectares; direct economic loss was 4.04 billion yuan.
On June 7, fire and rescue personnel in Guilin, Guangxi rescued trapped people from flood and waterlogging disasters. Xiong Youfa
Since June 2, central and northern Guangxi, central and southern coastal Guangdong, southern Guizhou, central and eastern Hunan, central and northern Jiangxi, southern Anhui, western Zhejiang, and northwestern Fujian have accumulated 100 to 300 mm of rainfall. According to the monitoring of the water conservancy department, due to the impact of rainfall, floods above the alarm level occurred in 110 rivers in 8 provinces (regions) in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan.
The State General Administration of Defense attaches great importance to the prevention of heavy rainfall and disaster relief in the south. It has made arrangements and deployments on several occasions. On the 7th, it launched a flood response level IV emergency response, and sent a working group to Guangxi to guide the local flood prevention work. The National Defense Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management have organized the water conservancy and meteorological departments and relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to study and judge the development situation of rain and flood conditions, and arrange phased flood control work. , Urban waterlogging and other disaster prevention work, coordinate and guide the local focus on strengthening small and medium-sized river embankments, reservoir patrol defense and mountain flood disaster prevention work, effectively prevent and respond to major dangerous disasters, and ensure the safety of the people's lives. Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian and other relevant provinces and regions, in accordance with the deployment, do their utmost to do all the work of flood control and flood relief.
According to the forecast by the Meteorological Department, from June 12 to 15, Jianghan, Jianghuai, northern Jiangnan and Guizhou, northwestern Guangxi, Sichuan Basin and other places will have a strong rainfall process. The National Defense Office requires relevant provinces and regions to strengthen monitoring and early warning, strengthen consultation, research and judgment, and do a good job in the prevention of heavy rainfall.
Screenshot of the official WeChat of the Emergency Management Department