Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 27th. Title: The cold wave at the end of the year is "frozen" and the southern region is "warm"

  Xinhua News Agency reporter

  Affected by the cold wave, significant snowfall occurred in parts of southern my country, and the temperature continued to drop.

The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from the 27th to the 28th, the temperature in parts of southeastern Guizhou, southwest Hunan and other places will be 7°C lower than the same period in history.

The cold wave is really "frozen", how can the southern region be tricked?

  From the afternoon of the 24th to the 27th, Zhejiang experienced a wave of cold waves.

Obvious snowfall occurred in Hangzhou Qingliang Peak, Ningbo Siming Mountain, Jinhua North Mountain and other places.

On the 27th, many places ushered in the lowest temperature of this wave of cold waves. The daily average temperature in central and eastern Zhejiang was about 5°C lower than the same period in history.

Starting on the night of the 29th, a new round of cold air will arrive in Zhejiang Province, but this cold air will not cause much temperature drop.

  Under rain and snow, the road surface of many highways including the Hezhang-Weining section of the Biwei Expressway in Guizhou Province, and the Dafang-Jinsha section of the Hangrui Expressway has been frozen.

Starting from the daytime on the 28th, the temperature in Guizhou province will begin to rise.

  Jiangxi experienced the coldest weather and first snowfall since the beginning of winter this year. The temperature dropped by 8°C to 10°C, and the average temperature dropped to 1°C to 4°C.

  What is the impact of this cold wave on the southern region?

  According to news from the Chongqing Meteorological Department, from the 26th to the 27th, rain and snow occurred in most areas above 400 meters above sea level, heavy snow to blizzard occurred in Youyang and Xiushan counties, and the daily average temperature in most areas dropped by 6°C to 8°C.

Youyang has welcomed a wide range of snow and temperature on the 25th.

Parts of the Youyang section of G65 Baomao Expressway and S26 Youyan Expressway were severely affected, and heavy snowfall caused traffic to be interrupted several times.

  The reporter learned from the China Southern Power Grid Guizhou Power Grid Company that 185 lines of 35 kV and above under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Power Grid were covered with ice, and the lines were mainly distributed in Zunyi, Kaili, Bijie and other areas.

The Education Bureau of Nanming District and Yunyan District of Guiyang City issued emergency notices of suspension of classes in extreme cold weather, and all elementary, middle and elementary schools and kindergartens were suspended for one day on the 27th.

  The cold wave is really "frozen", and government departments have made real moves.

  The cold wave caused inconvenience to travel.

The Guizhou traffic control department implements temporary traffic control, promptly through snow melting and deicing, intensified patrols and investigations, etc., to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers.

Traffic law enforcement officers jointly carry out 24-hour non-stop and wrong-time inspections with relevant highway departments in their jurisdictions to strengthen inspections of road and bridge icing conditions.

  At present, all highway departments in Guizhou have set up a total of 466 emergency material storage points in service areas, toll stations, key sections, bridges, tunnels, etc., reserve 8,374 tons of snow melting agent, 626 rescue vehicles equipped with snow removal equipment, and 2,028 rescue support vehicles. 3,646 emergency security operators were arranged.

  In order to reduce the impact of ice and snow disasters on people’s travel, the Youyang Brigade, Third Detachment of the Highway Traffic and Patrol Police Headquarters of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, all arrived on duty on the 26th. By 12:00 on the 27th, there will be two-way traffic on the G65 Baomao Expressway from Chongqing to Hunan. One lane has traffic conditions.

S26 Youyan Expressway Youyang Section also resumed normal traffic in the afternoon of the 27th.

  Severe weather poses challenges to the safe and stable operation of the power grid.

At 2 o'clock on the 25th, along the Guanying Road in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, electric workers braved the cold wind to replace the old electric equipment in 4 districts.

"The weather is cold and the electricity consumption of the masses is increasing. Reliable electricity can help the masses to stay at ease from the cold." said Chen Tao, a power worker.

  State Grid Nanchang Power Supply Company has completed the “hard support” of the grid through the construction and transformation of main and distribution networks. At present, 1,056 sets of old equipment have been renovated and more than 6,300 kilometers of distribution line channels have been cleaned up, and the operating conditions of the equipment have been significantly improved.

  In response to the cold wave weather, Guizhou Power Grid has dispatched a total of 2,310 anti-icing personnel and 869 vehicle-times. It is adopting high-tech means such as the short-term ice coating prediction system in the next 72 hours, the whole process control of anti-icing scenes, and the one-click activation of ice melting devices. Make every effort to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid.

  Under the cold wave, are there any difficulties in the lives of the masses and how to protect them?

  "It's such a cold day. Thank you so much!" On the morning of the 27th, in the Shangma community of Guiyi Town, Miluo City, Hunan Province, Xiong Qiaowen, a 75-year-old poor householder, held the hand of Guiyi Town Propaganda Committee member Zhou Dan gratefully. Said.

  On December 26, Miluo City ushered in the first snow in 2021, and the temperature dropped to minus 1°C.

Are there any problems in the life of the five guarantees for the elderly?

The Party Committee and Government of Guiyi Town mobilized all communities to conduct investigations on the disabled elderly, disabled elderly, and empty nest elderly in the jurisdiction, and actively mobilized social forces to carry out visits and condolences activities.

  In Zhejiang, local organizations focus on cold and frost protection for key groups such as low-income groups, widowed elderly, and people in remote mountainous areas, and provide them with cold and warm materials.

Since the beginning of winter, Zhejiang has successively set up open rescue points and temporary shelters in areas where there are no people living in concentrated activities, and provided free hot water, hot porridge, etc. for outdoor workers such as sanitation workers, couriers, night security, etc. Cold protection items.

  On the 23rd, Jiangxi urgently allocated more than 40,000 relief materials (sets) of quilts, cotton coats, blankets, and down jackets to 5 districts and cities including Jiujiang, Ji'an, Yichun, Xinyu, Ganzhou and more than 40 counties and cities (districts). , To ensure that the needy people spend the winter warmly and safely spend the holidays.

Prior to this, Jiangxi allocated 263.96 million yuan in winter and spring relief funds from the central and provincial levels to various localities to effectively ensure the basic livelihood of the people in need.

A low-income population dynamics monitoring and early warning platform has been initially established to track the implementation of assistance policies and the basic living security of families in a timely manner.

(Reporters Zhou Wentao, Qu Lingyan, Tang Tao, Li Fan, Yao Ziyun, Yuan Huijing, Zhou Nan)