Zhengzhou suffered the strongest rain in history and 12 people were killed. Serious regional floods occurred in many parts of Henan

　　Zhengzhou suffered the strongest rain in history and 12 people were killed. Serious regional floods occurred in many parts of Henan

　　Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, July 21 (Reporters Sun Qingqing and Liu Jinhui) On the 21st, the reporter learned from the Henan Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department that there has been a rare and continuous process of heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou recently.

Up to now, the floods have caused 12 deaths in Zhengzhou City, and about 100,000 people have been transferred to avoid danger.

　　It is understood that from 18:00 on July 18th to 0:00 on the 21st, the city of Zhengzhou saw heavy rainstorms and extremely heavy rainstorms. The cumulative average precipitation was 449 mm. The cumulative precipitation at 73 stations (about 38%) exceeded 500 mm. Baizhai is 875 mm. The daily precipitation at the five stations of Zhengzhou, Dengfeng, Xinmi, Xingyang, and Gongyi in Zhengzhou City exceeds the extreme value since meteorological records. The rainfall at Zhengzhou’s station reached 201.9 mm at 16:00 on the 20th, exceeding the landmass of my country. Extreme hourly rainfall.

　　Due to the rare and continuous heavy rainfall, many projects such as the Changzhuang Reservoir, Guojiazui Reservoir and Jialu River in Zhengzhou were in danger, and serious waterlogging occurred in the urban area of ​​Zhengzhou, which severely affected Zhengzhou's railway, highway and civil aviation traffic.

All stations of Zhengzhou Metro have suspended operation services.

More than 160 trains at Zhengzhou East Station were suspended, causing a large number of passengers to be stranded.

　　Affected by heavy rainfall, the water levels of many rivers in Zhengzhou City continued to rise and appeared dangerous. Many reservoirs exceeded the flood limit water level, and the urban area and surrounding counties were seriously affected.

Starting at 16:30 on July 20, the Zhengzhou Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has upgraded the emergency response from level II to level I.

　　With the approval of the Central Theater District, 730 PLA ​​officers and soldiers, 1159 armed police officers and soldiers, more than 60 vehicles, 6760 commanders and fighters of the fire rescue team, 1383 vehicles, 690 militiamen, 35 assault boats, and 25784 other types of rescue equipment have been deployed Emergency rescue.

Currently, rescue work is still in progress.

　　Except Zhengzhou, other areas in Henan also suffered heavy rains.

From the evening of July 19th to the 20th, heavy rains continued in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province.

The Lushan County Meteorological Bureau's rain report showed that all townships in the county experienced torrential rain to extreme torrential rain. The top three townships in the province are in Lushan County. Among them, the precipitation in Sikeshu Township has reached 401 mm, breaking the historical extreme.

　　According to data from Henan Provincial Emergency Management Department, from July 16 to 15:00 on July 20, heavy precipitation caused demonstrations in Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Anyang, Hebi, Jiaozuo, Sanmenxia, ​​Nanyang, Xinyang, Zhoukou, Zhumadian and Jiyuan, Henan Province. More than 280,000 people in 140 villages and towns in 31 counties and districts under the jurisdiction of the district were affected, and 14,680 people were evacuated in emergency rescue; 20,000 hectares of crops were affected, and 3,000 hectares were affected.

　　According to statistics from the Henan Provincial Water Resources Department, affected by the continuous heavy rainfall, there are currently 32 large and medium-sized reservoirs in Henan that exceed the flood limit water level, and certain river sections have appeared dangerous and regional serious floods have occurred.

Large-scale urban waterlogging and farmland waterlogging occurred in parts of central and western Henan and northern Henan.

The Henan Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters decided to upgrade the flood control emergency response level from Level II to Level I at 3 a.m. on July 21.

　　Zhang Ning, the chief forecaster of the Henan Meteorological Observatory, summarized the five characteristics of this heavy rainfall: long duration, large accumulated rainfall, wide range of heavy rainfall, concentrated periods of heavy rainfall, and extreme.

Beginning on July 17, large-scale heavy precipitation weather occurred in the western and central western regions of Henan Province for four consecutive days, and the heavy precipitation will continue.

There are a total of 4,098 rain gauge stations in the province with precipitation exceeding 50 mm, 1923 with more than 100 mm, and 606 with more than 250 mm.

　　At present, the cities in Henan Province affected by heavy rainfall are making every effort to organize rescue and disaster relief work.

In Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, in response to heavy rainfall, the county organized a flood control team of 22,000 people. The member units of the command headquarters formed a flood control commando of 1,000 people, with more than 220,000 woven bags, 10 tons of lead wire, and assault boats. 4 ships, more than 1,200 life jackets.

At present, Lushan County has initiated Level IV flood control emergency response, organizing party members and cadres to carry out emergency rescue and disaster relief.

　　Zhang Ning said that the heavy precipitation is expected to continue until the night of the 21st. The heavy precipitation areas are still in the northwest and central areas of Henan. The precipitation can reach 100 to 250 millimeters, and locally 300 to 400 millimeters.

From the 22nd to the 26th, there was no obvious large-scale heavy precipitation weather in Henan Province, and there were polydispersive thunderstorms in the province.