China News Service, Wuhan, May 15 (Reporter Ma Furong) According to the Hubei Meteorological Bureau, a total of 5 counties and cities in Xiaogan, Anlu, Jingshan, Hong'an, and Yingcheng experienced heavy rain on the 14th, and 19 counties and cities experienced heavy rain. There were gusts of magnitude 8 to 11 at 52 township weather stations.
In addition, strong convection occurred in the eastern part of Caidian District, Wuhan from 20 to 21 on the 14th, which was characterized by tornadoes and downbursts. Hail occurred in Huanggang, Huangshi, Wuhan, Enshi and other localities.
Starting on the 13th, a new round of heavy rainfall landed in Hubei.
On the 14th, there were heavy rains and local heavy rains in southwestern Hubei, Jianghan Plain to western northeastern Hubei, moderate rains and local heavy rains occurred in most areas of northwest Hubei and southeastern Hubei.
On the 15th, heavy rainfall continued.
The Hubei Meteorological Department broadcasts warning signals such as thunder and lightning, gale, hail, and rainstorm to remind the public to strengthen prevention.
Vehicles damaged by hail.
Photo courtesy of Hubei Highway Traffic Police
From 8:00 on the 14th to 7:00 on the 15th, most areas of Wuhan experienced moderate to heavy rain, partial heavy rain or heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms, gales, hail, and short-term heavy rainfall. The period of concentrated occurrence of strong convective weather was from 20:00 to 20:00 on the 14th At 22:00, at 20:39, there was a gale of 23.9m/s (Pu's wind speed level is 9) at the Xishan Observatory in Caidian District, causing casualties.
Heavy rainfall and hail caused trees to fall on many highways in Hubei Province, damaged road facilities, and blocked traffic.
The Hubei Expressway Traffic Police launched an emergency plan for handling severe weather. More than 1,200 police officers fought overnight to comprehensively strengthen online patrols and offline handling to eliminate more than 100 dangers.
Meteorological experts reminded that on the 15th and 16th, the rain in Hubei was strong and accompanied by strong convective weather, the public should minimize outdoor travel.
At the same time, the mountain residents are reminded to pay attention to weather forecast and weather warning information, and to guard against geological disasters such as mountain torrents and debris flows.
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