China News Service, Beijing, June 23. Since June, the country has entered the main flood season, with continuous heavy rainfall in many places in the south. In the future, the main rain belt will move north, and warning signals will be issued in many places in the north.

At the same time, from south to north, many cities intensively carried out flood control emergency drills for underground spaces such as subways and tunnels in June.

Data map: Guangzhou citizens travel in the rain.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

The main rain belt will come to the north, and many places in the north will issue warnings

  On the 21st, the Office of the Henan Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters issued a notice to do a good job in preventing and responding to the upcoming heavy rainfall in Henan Province. Safety protection of public safety and key parts to ensure foolproof.

  According to the meteorological forecast, in the next ten days, Henan will experience two rounds of heavy rainfall. From the evening of the 22nd to the 23rd, there will be showers and thunderstorms in most parts of the province, and heavy rain (20-50 mm) in some counties and cities in the central, eastern and southern parts. Heavy rain or heavy rain (50-80mm, local 100-150mm).

From the night of the 26th to the 29th, there was another large-scale heavy rainfall process in Henan.

  Prior to this, since June, there have been multiple rounds of heavy rainfall in many places in the south, and some areas have experienced extreme heavy rainfall that exceeds the historical extreme. However, in the next few days, the rain belt will rise north.

  According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, from June 22 to 24, the main rain belt will come to the north, and there will be heavy rains in parts of northern Liaoning, central Jilin, western Shandong, eastern Henan, central and southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, and eastern Hubei. Heavy rain, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term heavy precipitation, thunderstorms and strong winds.

  In response to this round of heavy rainfall, at 10:00 on June 22, the Central Meteorological Observatory also issued a blue rainstorm warning.

From a local perspective, Shaanxi, Liaoning and other places have issued corresponding warning signals.

Taking Liaoning as an example, from June 1 to 19, the average precipitation in Liaoning province reached 78.6 mm, nearly 60% more than the same period in history.

The office of the Shenyang Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters also issued an urban flood control level IV early warning at 1:00 on the 22nd and launched an urban flood control level IV emergency response.

The High-tech Brigade of Taiyuan Fire Rescue Detachment and Taiyuan China Railway Track Company carried out a comprehensive emergency drill for subway flood control.

Image source: Taiyuan Fire Wechat Public Account

"A lot of stagnant water poured into the station!" Multi-city drills for subway flood control

  Recently, Tianjin, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Hefei, Taiyuan, Shenyang and other cities have held flood control drills for subways.

  On June 21, the 2022 Anhui Provincial Rail Transit Construction Project Comprehensive Disposal Emergency Drill was held at the construction site of the southern extension of Hefei Metro Line 3. The drill simulated the emergency rescue process of rainwater pouring into the subway tunnel.

Two days ago, on June 19, the flood control emergency drill held in Hefei city-wide also included the emergency situation of rail stations in heavy rain.

  On the evening of June 17, Tianjin Metro also held a flood control emergency drill. 34 citizens participated as experience officers in person. The drill simulated the scene where a sudden rainstorm caused rainwater to enter the subway operating section, submerging the track roof, and the train could not continue to move forward due to failure.

The evacuation and rescue process was completed in less than 15 minutes.

  "Report, a large amount of water was found pouring into the station at the entrance and exit of B, and the rise is very fast!" In the middle of the night on June 14, Taiyuan Metro also conducted a flood control drill. The drill was carried out in a simulated scene of heavy rainfall: inside the subway station and between the tunnels There was stagnant water inside, and it had not crossed the section track. The water potential rose rapidly, affecting normal driving, and some people were trapped.

Two hours later, the on-site water treatment was completed, and the line resumed normal operation.

  It is worth mentioning that two large-scale flood control drills were held in Zhengzhou on May 26 and June 18.

According to the official website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the drill on the 18th was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Emergency Management and the Henan Provincial Government. It set up 11 subjects including emergency disposal of tunnels and underground spaces in residential areas, emergency management and control of subways and dangerous situations, and participated in the exercise. More than 5000 people.

  According to the Department of Emergency Management, this performance is based on a comprehensive review of the "7.20" heavy rainstorm disaster in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and is an all-round and practical test of the city's ability to prevent major floods, major risks, and rescue major disasters. Flood control and drainage has reference significance.

Data map: On June 10, Liuzhou City, Guangxi experienced continuous heavy rain, and the sky was full of water everywhere.

Photo by Meng Mingming

If the conditions for safe operation are not met, stop the operation resolutely!

  When the subway flood control drills were intensively carried out in various places, on the evening of June 21, the WeChat public account of the Ministry of Transport issued a notice, requiring all localities to do a good job in urban rail transit flood control and waterlogging prevention.

  The notice stated that all localities should learn from the dangerous incident of flooding and inversion in the field of urban rail transit, especially the "7.20" heavy rain disaster in Zhengzhou, Henan, and the lessons learned from the subway Line 5 incident.

  The notice requires that all efforts should be made to do a good job in emergency response to emergencies, and in accordance with the requirements of the "Measures for the Organization and Management of Urban Rail Transit Traffic", measures such as strengthening lookout, speed limit, suspension, and station closure shall be taken in a timely manner, and dangerous traffic shall not be allowed; , to be resolutely discontinued.

  Prior to this, at the May regular press conference of the Emergency Management Department, Chen Min, Director of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Department of the Emergency Management Department, mentioned that it is necessary to focus on the prevention of extreme rainstorms, strengthen the linkage between rainstorm warning and emergency response, and establish direct grassroots responsible persons. The "call to respond" mechanism, improve rigid restraint mechanisms such as "shutdown and stop" in the face of disasters, decisively organize personnel to transfer and avoid danger, and ensure the safety of people's lives.

  At the press conference, he also specifically mentioned the "7.20" heavy rain disaster in Zhengzhou.

"Learn lessons deeply, do a good job of checking omissions and filling vacancies and improving and improving, and earnestly do all the pre-flood preparations, and promptly do a good job in the implementation of responsibilities, the improvement of mechanisms, revision of plans, investigation of hidden dangers, strength preparation, training and drills and other preparations for floods. ."(Finish)