China News Service, Nanchang, June 21 (Reporter Liu Zhankun) For the past few days, Jiangxi has been hit by continuous heavy rainfall, which has caused serious disasters in many places.

The Jiangxi Provincial Emergency Management Department reported on the evening of the 21st that as of 18:00 that day, this round of disasters had affected 1.119 million people in the province, and 126,000 people had been urgently transferred.

　　From 16:00 on June 20 to 16:00 on June 21, the average rainfall in Jiangxi Province was 12.9 mm.

Among them, Xinyu City is 23.1 mm, Shangrao City is 18.9 mm, and Ganzhou City is 15.9 mm. The maximum rainfall is 143.0 mm in Lizhai Township Zhongcun, Dexing City, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province.

At about 4 a.m. on the 21st, rescue workers from Nanchang Branch of China Aneng Second Engineering Bureau were blocking the pipeline in the area of ​​Donghu Drainage Station in Leping City, Jiangxi Province.

Photo by Xu Yinghua

　　As of 16:00 on the 21st, a total of 22 river stations in Jiangxi Province had exceeded the warning level. The top three were Xiangtun, Xiangtun Town, Dexing City, Shangrao City (6.39 meters above the warning water level), and Hushan, Cormorant Township, Leping City, Jingdezhen City (6.39 meters). 6.28 meters above the warning water level), Shizhen Street, Shizhen Town, Wannian County, Shangrao City (3.60 meters above the warning water level).

　　According to statistics from the Jiangxi Provincial Emergency Management Department, from June 18 to 18:00 on June 21, the disaster process has caused 1.119 million in 70 counties (cities, districts, including functional areas) in 10 districts and cities in Jiangxi, including Nanchang and Jiujiang. 126,000 people were affected, 126,000 people were urgently transferred, 60,000 people needed emergency living assistance, 824,000 hectares of crops were affected, 4,000 hectares of crops were damaged, 18 houses collapsed with 37 houses, 43 houses with 114 houses were severely damaged, and 418 houses were generally damaged 905 houses. During the period, the direct economic loss was 1.48 billion yuan.

On June 21, a commander and fighter of the Rocket Army rushing to Leping, Jiangxi Province was urgently laying wave-proof cloth and reinforcing the river embankment with sandbags at the Lebei Lianxu.

Photo by Cheng Wanhai

　　Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, is an important "reservoir" of the Yangtze River. It accommodates water from five major rivers in Jiangxi - Ganjiang, Fuhe, Xinjiang, Raohe and Xiuhe. After adjustment and storage, it is injected into Hukou County, Jiujiang City. Yangtze.

The reporter learned from the Jiangxi Provincial Hydrological Monitoring Center that at 20:00 on the 21st, the water level of the Xingzi Station, an iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake, exceeded the warning water level of 19 meters by 0.12 meters, and the average water level was 2.71 meters higher in the same period of many years. It is expected that the water level will continue to rise in the future.

Affected by the heavy rainfall, serious landslides occurred in many places on the Yushan section of the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway. The Nanchang South Management Center was dispatched urgently to clear the section of the expressway where the landslide occurred.

Photo courtesy of Nanchang South Management Center

　　Experts reminded that it is necessary to focus on the flood control safety of the polders in the Poyang Lake area and strengthen inspections; relevant units and the public in low-lying areas need to strengthen prevention and avoid danger in time.

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