China News Service, Wuhan, August 14 (Reporter Xu Jinbo) The reporter learned from the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission on the 14th that the "Yangtze River No. 4 Flood in 2020" formed on the same day in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

  According to the relevant person in charge of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission, affected by the recent heavy rainfall, over-protection floods occurred in the upper tributaries of the Yangtze River, Tuojiang and Fujiang Rivers, over-alarm floods occurred in the Luzhou-Cuntan section of the Minjiang River and its main stream, and the flow of Cuntan Station in the upper stream of the Yangtze River in August At 5 o'clock on the 14th, it rose to 50,900 cubic meters per second, which reached the flood numbering standard according to the "Regulations on Flood Numbering of Major Rivers in the Country".

  The Hydrological Bureau of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission officially announced at 5 o'clock on the 14th: "Yangtze River 2020 No. 4 Flood" formed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is estimated that the peak flow of the evening Cuntan Station on the 14th is about 58,000 cubic meters per second, and the Three Gorges Reservoir is the largest at 8 o'clock on the 15th. The inbound flow is around 59,000 cubic meters per second.

  In response to this round of flooding in the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission has recently paid close attention to changes in water and rain conditions, encrypted monitoring and forecasting, and issued early warning information in a timely manner. Starting on the 11th, it will resume at least twice daily consultations; strengthen the joint operation of control reservoirs in the basin and continue to do a good job The dispatching work of key reservoirs such as the Three Gorges Reservoir and Danjiangkou Reservoir, and timely adjustment and optimization of dispatching plans according to changes in water and rain conditions; continue to strengthen dispatching operation supervision, strictly implement the dispatching operation of large and medium-sized reservoirs, flood limit water level supervision, and dyke inspections to ensure Flood control safety and engineering safety; strengthen technical support for flood control, dispatch a working group in time to assist local governments in flood control and flood control work, and go all out to protect people’s lives and property.

  In addition, the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission also issued notices to the water conservancy departments (bureaus) of Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, and Shaanxi provinces (municipalities directly under the Central Government), requesting the relevant water conservancy departments (bureaus) to make further predictions, forecasts and early warnings, strengthen scientific and standardized scheduling of water engineering, and focus on preventing small and medium-sized enterprises. For river floods and mountain torrent disasters, strengthen watchkeeping and information reporting. (Finish)