China News Service, Beijing, July 12 (Reporter Du Yan) From the evening of July 11 to the 12th, Beijing ushered in the strongest rainfall this year.
Beijing's primary and secondary schools and kindergartens should stop returning to school, and various departments should make careful arrangements to ensure the safety of citizens when they travel.
Starting from the evening of the 11th, the strongest rainfall in Beijing this year kicked off in the southwest. Beijing successively issued yellow warnings for heavy rain, yellow winds, yellow lightning, geological disasters and meteorological risks, yellow floods, and urban waterlogging risks. Early warning.
The Beijing Meteorological Observatory opened the topic of "Beijing's Strongest Rain This Year" on its official Weibo, and releases rainfall-related information at any time.
The data released at 10 o'clock on the 12th showed that the average precipitation in Beijing from 18:00 to 10 o'clock on the 11th was 71.7 mm, 87.1 mm in the urban area, 95.5 mm in the southwest, 62.9 mm in the southeast, 62.1 mm in the northwest, and 52.4 mm in the northeast. Haidian Cuihu wetland is 117.0 mm, and the largest Fangshan Beijiao in the city is 155.1 mm.
At present, the final exams of this semester in Beijing primary and secondary schools have ended, but the summer vacation mode has not yet been opened. Many schools plan to arrange for students to return to school this week.
However, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission issued a notice based on the content of meteorological analysis that on July 12, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens should stop returning to school, and universities should stop organizing outdoor research, internships, and gathering activities for teachers and students, and remind students not to go to mountainous areas. , Play near the river, etc.
Students do not need to go back to school, and many units also adopt flexible or staggered commuting measures. However, some office workers still need to "check in" at their units.
In response to the impact of heavy rainfall on Monday morning and evening peaks, Beijing's public transportation industry has made various preparations to serve citizens to travel safely.
The reporter learned that, in response to heavy rainfall, Beijing Metro Operations Co., Ltd. deployed a number of countermeasures, including changing the automatic driving mode of ground and overhead lines during rains to manual driving, and reducing the speed of trains when necessary to ensure safe driving.
During the morning rush hour, Beijing Metro pays close attention to changes in passenger flow, strengthens networked passenger flow monitoring, extends the operating hours of morning and evening rush hours, and adds passenger trains.
Beijing Jinggang Metro Co., Ltd. has also opened 7 additional temporary passenger trains and is ready to open more.
At the same time, the stations of all lines have laid anti-slip mats at the entrances and exits and station halls, placed anti-slip reminders, stocked hundreds of thousands of disposable raincoats, and issued them to passengers as appropriate to ensure smooth travel of passengers.
As of 9:30 on July 12, due to the impact of the rain, Beijing Public Transport Group has taken temporary measures on 65 lines, including 39 suspensions, 12 intervals, and 14 stops.
Among them, 31 of the mountainous routes have taken measures to stop driving.
The transportation department will clean up the drainage pipe network and dredge the downstream in advance, and do a good job in monitoring the water accumulation points. When the accumulation of water exceeds 27 cm, immediately take measures to cut off the circuit and quickly organize the force to drain.
Strengthen the monitoring of the sections under the project and the sections prone to collapse to prevent road collapse caused by heavy rainfall. For sections prone to collapse, the targeted deployment and control measures are taken, and immediate disposal will be carried out in the event of a dangerous situation.
The Capital Airport stated that it is "racing against thunderstorms."
Prior to this, 285 flights have been reduced in advance. On the 12th, there are 797 take-off and landing flights that will transport about 131,000 passengers.
As of 7:00 on the 12th, 51 flights have been implemented and 10 flights have been cancelled.
The Beijing Transportation Department stated that it has established an intercommunication mechanism with civil aviation and railway departments to dynamically grasp flight and train operation information, and do a good job of Beijing Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station, Capital International Airport and Daxing International Airport. Airports and other "six stations and two stations" continue to ensure the capacity to evacuate stranded passengers in time.
In addition, the reporter learned that from 12 o'clock on the 11th, Beijing's mountainous area scenic spots, country houses, and rural tourism folk households will temporarily suspend business.
The Beijing Meteorological Department stated that during the daytime on the 12th, there were heavy rains to heavy rains (with thunder and lightning) in Beijing. The east wind was about five, gusts of eight or nine, and the highest temperature was 27°C.
At night, it is cloudy with light to moderate rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, easterly winds from level 4 to 5 turn to south winds at level 2 or 3, and the lowest temperature is 22℃.
Citizens are reminded that early warnings of yellow heavy rain, yellow wind and yellow lightning are in progress, and geological disasters and meteorological risks are high. Take rain gear when you go out, stay away from low-lying areas, pay attention to traffic safety, and strengthen precautions.
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