Chinanews.com Guilin, June 10 (Ou Huilan, Yang Zongsheng) At present, the heavy rainfall affecting Guilin is gradually weakening. The major rivers in the city have peaked and fallen, and the water situation is becoming clearer. At 18:30 on the day, the level III emergency response of the flood disaster in Guilin was reduced to level IV emergency response.
On June 9, fire and rescue personnel carried out search and rescue work in Dashan Village, Puyi Township, Yangshuo County. Xiong Youfa
It is understood that since the end of May, due to the weather system such as high-altitude troughs and shear lines, there have been four heavy rain weather processes in Guilin City, of which from 9:00 on May 29 to 8:00 on June 10, Lingchuan County, The accumulated rainfall in some towns of Gui District and Yongfu County exceeded 700 mm, with the largest being 861.7 mm in Wantian Township in Lingui District, followed by 836.5 mm in Lingchuan Jiuwu.
On June 9, fire rescuers rescued in Jinbao Countryside Village in Yangshuo County. Photograph by Huang Huanyu
The intensity of local rainfall is large, and the rainfall in many places breaks the historical extreme value. On June 7 from 2 to 4 o'clock, the 3-hour rainfall of Jinjihe Reservoir in Luojin Town, Yongfu County was 232.1 millimeters, breaking the local historical record of 3-hour rainfall. The 7-day daily rainfall in Yangshuo County National Weather Station was 327.5 mm, breaking the historical record of the largest daily rainfall since the local station was built (historical extreme value 197.5 mm, May 8, 2016); Yongfu County’s 7-day rainfall was 326.4 mm, also since the local station was built The second largest amount of daily precipitation (historical extremum 420.7 mm, June 21, 1966).
On June 9, fire and rescue personnel went to Longjiang Township, Yongfu County to help the township government deliver life supplies. Photo by Pan Jie
Affected by heavy rainfall, several rivers in Guilin city exceeded the warning water level to varying degrees during the period. Among them, the Guijiang Pingle Station experienced a major flood in 20 years, which was the second largest flood since the station was built in 1936. The Guilin tributary Maling Hemaling Station experienced a flood for more than 50 years. The Guijiang tributary Liangfenghe Liangfeng Station, The Yulonghe Xinglong station experienced a flood for more than 20 years. The Guijiang Yangshuo station, the tributary Gongchenghe Gongcheng station and the Luoqingjiang tributary Xihe Yongfu station experienced a flood for nearly 10 years.
This flood disaster has a long rainfall period and a wide range, involving almost all counties (cities, districts) in Guilin City. It has caused many geological disasters. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 3,000 landslides and landslides in Yangshuo County alone; reservoirs The pressure of flood safety is great. Nearly one-third of the reservoirs in the city operate beyond the flood limit, and 14% of the reservoirs discharge floods.
On June 9, Hong Feng passed through the Guilin City section. Photo by Tang Mengxian
The Guilin Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau took advantage of heavy rainfall gaps, through consultations with experts from multiple departments, and comprehensively considered various factors to flood the upper reaches of the Lijiang River such as Chuanjiangkou, Fuzikou, and Xiaorongjiang reservoirs. Through scientific dispatch and accurate peak-discharge flooding, avoid overlapping with the Lijiang flood peak.
This time, a total of 2661 rescue and rescue teams including fire rescue teams, militia emergency rescue teams, and social rescue teams were dispatched, effectively protecting the lives and property of the masses. On June 9, in response to sudden geological disasters in Yangshuo County, it coordinated three helicopters at the Baise Station of Southwest Aviation Forest Protection Station and Guangzhu Zhanzhuo General Aviation to conduct disaster inspections and deliver 1,000 sets of supplies and food. Up to now, the city's victims have been properly resettled.