China News Service, Guangzhou, August 19th. Title: Typhoon "Hygos" hits Guangdong for more than ten hours and storms in many places in Guangdong
Author Wang Jian
This year, the seventh typhoon "Higaos" made landfall in Zhuhai, Guangdong with squally storms and rains at around 6 o'clock on the 19th. At that time, the maximum wind force near its center reached level 12. As of 17:00 that day, the center of the typhoon had moved to Fengkai County, Zhaoqing City. The maximum wind force near the center was level 8, and the wind speed was still 20 meters per second.
The typhoon has been in Guangdong for more than ten hours. It not only caused the suspension of work, business, city, and classes in Zhuhai, the suspension of work, cities, and classes in Taishan, and the suspension of classes in Zhongshan and Jiangmen; it also caused heavy rains and windy weather in many parts of the province. There are multiple dangers.
Under the influence of "Hygoss", coastal cities and counties such as Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and other coastal cities and counties have experienced severe wind and rain this morning. In many places, trees fell, outdoor billboards collapsed, and flooding occurred in many road sections. Make an impact.
At about 5 o'clock that day, before the "Hygos" landed, it was raining heavily in the Jinwan District of Zhuhai City. At the same time, the wind was strong, and the roof of a balcony of a residential building located in the New World Seaside Garden in Sanzao Town was directly blown up by the wind.
"The iron sheet crackles in the wind and rain, which is very dangerous." According to the residents of the residential building, the balcony of the accident was located on the third floor of the residential building. It was a ceiling on the outer balcony of the building and was directly blown by the typhoon. May be blown away or fall off. Fortunately, the firefighters carried out the demolition to eliminate the safety hazards.
After the typhoon landed, the wind and rain in Zhuhai became more and more severe. At around 7 o'clock that day, due to the flat terrain near a driving school in Zhuhai City, it was shaved by "Hygos". The ground was full of broken branches and scattered debris. There was also a family of four near the driving school trapped in a simple board house due to a typhoon. The situation was once very dangerous.
"Thanks to the firefighters who braved the typhoon to rescue us and took us to a safe place." The trapped citizens said that after they called the police, five firefighters rushed over and picked them up to the fire truck and moved to safety. area.
"Hygoss" not only exposed Zhuhai to wind and rain, but also caused strong winds and heavy rains in Zhongshan, which is adjacent to Zhuhai. At 6 o'clock that day, at the Helen Fort construction site in Tanzhou Town, Zhongshan, a temporary construction site dormitory collapsed due to strong winds.
In the temporary dormitory area of the construction site, a prefabricated house used as a temporary dormitory was severely slanted by strong wind, and it was visually at an angle of about 45 degrees with the horizontal ground. The daily necessities in the collapsed dormitory were scattered all over the place. Fortunately, all the trapped persons were rescued and sent to a temporary shelter along with all the stranded persons.
Jiangmen, also on the west bank of the Pearl River, has not escaped the wind and rain brought by "Hygos". From the early morning to the morning of that day, the rain in Jiangmen never stopped, causing flooding in many roads in the city. In addition, many trees were blown away by the typhoon. As of 11:20 on the 19th, the city’s firefighters received a total of 14 police cases, dispatched 28 fire trucks, 140 firefighters, and evacuated 6 people.
"I didn't expect this typhoon to be so powerful." A citizen near the Shihuashan Square in Taishan City, Jiangmen introduced that the car that was parked on the roadside last night was hit by a tree branch broken by the typhoon and regretted not parking the car in a safe room. Go to the parking lot.
Guangzhou was also hit by heavy rain due to "Hygos". Since noon on the 19th, the torrential rain in Guangzhou has not stopped. When the rain is strong, it will directly cause dozens of buildings to be invisible. The torrential rain lasted until about 15:00, the rain gradually reduced, and the rain stopped until 17:00.
According to the monitoring of the hydrological department, as of 11 o'clock that day, 20 rainfall stations in the province had rainfall exceeding 80 mm in 3 hours, of which 160.5 mm was 160.5 mm at Beifengshan Station in Taishan City, Jiangmen City. At the same time, the water level at 10 tide level stations was over-alarm, of which the water level at Zhongda Station in the former channel was 2.28 meters and the over-alarm level was 0.78 meters.
The Guangdong Meteorological Bureau predicts that "Hygauss" will move northwestward at a speed of about 25 kilometers per hour, and its intensity will gradually weaken. It will move out of Guangdong and enter Guangxi in the evening. (Finish)