China News Agency, Nanning, February 22 (Reporter Lin Hao) The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Emergency Management Department reported on the 22nd that since February 18th, Guangxi has been hit by extreme low-temperature freezing weather. As of 17:00 on the 21st, 29,994 people have been affected. The direct economic loss was 25.8391 million yuan (RMB, the same below).
Affected by the southern branch trough and strong cold air, since February 18, light to moderate rain has occurred in most parts of Guangxi, heavy rain to heavy rain in some areas, and freezing, icy roads or sleet in some mountainous areas in northern Guangxi. The temperature is Rare in history.
In Quanzhou County, Guilin City, 3 townships and 49 schools have delayed the start of school. In the area from Baibao Township to Dongshan Yao Township, the road surface is icy. The traffic police department set up warning signs to prohibit vehicles from passing on the icy road.
Three 35kV lines and seven 10kV lines in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County of Laibin City were covered with ice, causing power outages in some villages.
The roads in the northern villages and towns of Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in Hechi City were icy to varying degrees. The local road maintenance department sprinkled salt on the roads to remove ice and shovel snow.
The Emergency Management Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region stated that the extreme weather process of low temperature freezing has the characteristics of slow moving speed, long influence time, high rainfall intensity and obvious temperature drop, which has caused disasters of varying degrees in 23 counties and districts in 9 cities including Nanning, Guilin and Wuzhou. , the affected area of crops was 1.9648 hectares, the area of no harvest was 6.97 hectares, and the direct economic loss was 25.8391 million yuan, of which 710.8 thousand yuan was lost to houses and residents' property, 16.038 million yuan was lost in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, and 9.0703 million yuan was lost in infrastructure.
On February 22, the Guangxi Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a low-temperature blue warning. It is expected that in the next 48 hours, the daily average temperature in most parts of Guangxi will be 6-8°C lower than the same period in history, and some parts will be over 10°C. Freezing weather.
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