China News Service, Beijing, July 20th. Comprehensive news: In recent days, Henan Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo, Xinxiang, Luoyang and other places have experienced continuous heavy rainfall.

Affected by heavy rainfall, local transportation such as aviation and railway has been widely affected.

On July 20, Henan experienced continuous heavy rainfall, with heavy rains and heavy rains in many places, and extremely heavy rains in some areas.

Zhengzhou City has upgraded its flood control emergency response to level I, and continuous heavy rainfall has caused serious water accumulation in some streets.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Kan Li

　　On the evening of the 20th, the China Meteorological Administration announced that since July 17th, Henan Province has experienced continuous heavy rainfall. Heavy rains have occurred in many places. More than 600 stations have more than 250 mm of precipitation, the maximum precipitation is 728 mm, and the 6-hour rainfall in Zhengzhou is 382 mm. .

Among them, the rainfall in one hour from 16:00 to 17:00 on the 20th exceeded 200 mm.

According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, the maximum hourly rainfall of 201.9 mm in Zhengzhou’s extreme heavy rainfall has exceeded the "758 extraordinarily heavy rain". The historical record is Henan Linzhuang’s 1-hour rainfall (198.5 mm, August 5, 1975)

　　In addition, according to the Henan Meteorological Service Center, as of the 20th, monitoring for 3 consecutive days (data as of 11 o'clock on the 20th), 5 national-level weather stations in Henan Province broke the historical extreme value of precipitation for 3 consecutive days since the establishment of the station, Songshan (512.2 mm) ), Gongyi (358.9mm), Xinmi (324.8mm), Yanshi (290.4mm), Dengfeng (288.3mm).

　　Affected by heavy rainfall, many transportation hubs in Henan Province were affected.

　　In aviation, as of 8 pm on July 20, Zhengzhou Airport has activated a red warning for large-scale flight delays. Currently, Zhengzhou Airport is assisting airlines in making arrangements for passengers staying at Zhengzhou Airport.

It is estimated that the number of passengers stranded in Zhengzhou Airport's terminal at the time of publication exceeds 5,000.

　　According to the forecast of the Meteorological Department, from the evening of July 20 to noon on the 21st, there will still be intermittent moderate showers, short-term strong showers and thunderstorms in Zhengzhou Airport and nearby areas.

　　As for the subway, according to the news issued by Zhengzhou Metro on the 20th night, due to the continuous rainstorm, all stations of the Zhengzhou Metro network have suspended operation services.

　　In terms of public transportation, the Zhengzhou Municipal Party Committee’s Propaganda Department reported that the water level was too high due to heavy rainfall. In order to prevent high-voltage electric buses from injuring passengers, Zhengzhou pure electric buses have ceased operations at 14:30 on July 20.

　　As for the railway, many trains have been suspended or turned back due to the influence of heavy rainfall for several days.

According to the China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau, on July 20, the continuous heavy rainfall caused the Zhengzhou Bureau to manage the Pusu Longhai Line, Jiaoliu Line, Ningxi Line, Beijing-Guangzhou Line, and some areas of Zhengxi High-speed Railway, Zheng-Tai High-speed Railway, and Zhengxu High-speed Railway. Section blockade or speed limit operation, K736/7, K177, K32/29, K1144/1, T197, K8002, K1757 trains are suspended, K117, Z376/7, T9 and other 15 trains will return. The Zheng-Tai and Zheng-Xu high-speed rail trains were delayed to varying degrees due to suspension or return.

　　In terms of highways, according to the Expressway Public Security Bureau of the Henan Provincial Public Security Department, as of 7 pm on the 20th, because of rainfall, the province’s highways prohibit dangerous goods transportation vehicles from entering the station; Zhengshao Expressway, Zhengzhou Ring Expressway, Zhengjiaojin All vehicles are prohibited from entering the station on the entire highway and airport highway; Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway Anyang North Station-Anyang Station, Lianhuo Expressway Kaifeng Station, Zhengluan Expressway Jiaxian Station-Yaoshan West Station, Anyang Northwest Ring Road, etc. Passenger cars and trucks with more than seven seats (including seven seats) are prohibited from entering the station on this road section.

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