China News Service, Chongqing, July 15 (Liu Xianglin, Huang Xiaoyan) He Jianping, deputy director and press spokesperson of the Chongqing Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, revealed on the 15th that in the first half of this year, Chongqing has arranged a total of 14.34 million disaster relief funds and allocated 6,120 tents and 11,500 beds of quilts. Wait for disaster relief materials to provide relief to the disaster-affected people, and ensure that the disaster-affected people have food, clothing, a place to live, and clean drinking water to drink.
Chongqing held a press conference for disaster prevention during the high-temperature flood season. He Jianping introduced at the meeting that in the first half of this year, there were 50 natural disasters such as floods, hail, droughts, mountain collapses, landslides, and forest fires in Chongqing. Among them, flood disasters were more prominent A total of 18 cases occurred. In Chongqing’s 35 districts and counties, 1.992 million people were affected, 6 people died due to the disaster, 8 people were missing due to the disaster, 59,669 people were resettled in an emergency, and the direct economic loss was 3.359 billion yuan.
Chongqing's relevant departments predict that from July to August, Chongqing's torrential rain, drought and high temperature will be slightly heavier than normal and last year. The overall drought and flood coexist, and drought and flood may turn sharply. Precipitation is mostly overwhelming, the main rainy period is in the first half of July and the second half of August, and 5 to 6 regional rainstorm weather processes are expected. The extreme maximum temperature is 40 to 41°C in most areas, and the number of days exceeding 35°C is 20 to 35 days.
In July, the highest water level of the Yangtze River is expected to be close to the warning water level, and the highest water level of the Wujiang River will exceed the warning water level; at other times, the Yangtze River, Jialing River, and Wujiang River will maintain average fluctuations. However, some small and medium-sized rivers may experience super-warning and super-guaranteed flooding. Beginning in late July, high temperature and drought are more likely, and most areas will experience mild to moderate drought for 20 to 25 days.
He Jianping said that in the next high-temperature flood season, Chongqing will conscientiously implement industry management responsibilities to prevent both "natural disasters" and "human disasters", and take serious responsibility and accountability for failing to perform their duties and neglect their duties and causing "human disasters". Various monitoring systems and early warning platforms will be used, the frequency of monitoring during the main flood season will be encrypted, the trend analysis will be organized in an orderly manner, and the consultation and judgment of the disaster-prone meeting will be organized, and the early warning information will be released in time and authority, and the early warning response measures will be effectively implemented to ensure that the early warning reaches the village, When arriving, evacuate and transfer the threatened masses in advance. Make sure that no major disasters or deaths and injuries will occur.