Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, August 14 (Reporter Teng Junwei) The reporter learned from the Shandong Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office on the 14th that more than 120,000 people in Shandong have been affected by the impact of heavy rainfall, and the area affected by crops is 12.9 thousand hectares. The transfer and resettlement work is currently underway.
According to statistics, from 17:00 on August 13 to 17:00 on 14th, the average precipitation in Shandong Province was 28.6 mm. Linyi City in the south of Shandong Province has the highest precipitation, with two counties exceeding 300 mm; the largest point of precipitation occurs in Linyi Yinan Hezhuang, reaching 490 mm.
According to the Shandong Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office, this round of heavy rainfall has caused 15 county-level disaster reporting units in five cities: Weifang, Taian, Rizhao, Linyi, and Heze to be affected to varying degrees. As of 17:00 on the 14th, 123,100 people were affected in the province, and 20,738 people were relocated in an emergency; 12.9 thousand hectares of crops were affected; 113 houses collapsed or damaged.
Affected by heavy rainfall, 33 large and medium-sized reservoirs in Shandong Province exceeded the flood limit water level. The water is currently stable and no casualties have been reported. Among them, the water level at Linyi Station on the Yihe River reached the warning level, and the flow reached 10,100 cubic meters per second, which exceeded the warning flow by 3000 cubic meters per second; the water level of Shuhe Zhonggou exceeded the warning level by 1.56 meters, and the flow was 5,050 cubic meters per second, which exceeded the warning flow by 2000. Cubic meters per second.
On the afternoon of the 14th, Shandong Province organized water conservancy, housing construction, emergency, meteorological, fire and other departments and experts to conduct consultations to analyze and judge the flood and danger prevention and response work in Linyi and Rizhao, and transfer threatened personnel in advance. Various rescue teams and emergency rescue materials in the two cities were preset in advance, and 300 firefighters were deployed with rescue equipment to be assembled in Linyi City on standby. The Provincial Military Region, the Provincial Armed Police Corps, and the Provincial Public Security Department also arranged 500 teams to be on standby. At present, the transfer and resettlement work is proceeding in an orderly manner.