China News Service, February 3 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, since January 31, widespread rain, snow, and freezing weather have continued to occur in the central and eastern regions. In view of the large amount of rain and snow, the complex phase, the wide range of freezing rain, and the fact that it coincides with the peak period of travel back home before the Spring Festival, and the risk of low-temperature rain and snow freezing disasters is high, the Central Meteorological Observatory will continue to issue an orange blizzard warning and warning at 6:00 on February 3 Frozen orange warning. According to the "Emergency Plan for Low-temperature Rain, Snow and Freeze Disasters of the Ministry of Emergency Management", the Ministry of Emergency Management decided to upgrade the Level IV emergency response to low-temperature rain, snow and freeze disasters in Hubei and Anhui provinces to Level III at 10:00 on February 3 , requiring relevant regions to pay close attention to weather changes, strengthen organizational leadership and overall coordination, give full play to the leading role of disaster reduction committees or special command agencies, strengthen joint consultation and judgment and departmental coordination and linkage, strengthen emergency rescue forces, material pre-positioning and deployment, and meticulously Do a good job in disaster relief and rescue work, make every effort to deal with sudden dangers and disasters, and strictly prevent casualties and major property losses.
Based on the impact of the disaster and the needs of local disaster relief work, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the State Administration of Food and Material Reserves, allocated a total of 40,000 pieces of central disaster relief materials such as cotton coats and quilts to Hubei and Anhui provinces to support local governments. Carry out disaster relief and rescue work for people affected by low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather.
The Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee further dispatched additional working groups to the front line to assist and provide guidance.
From the 3rd to the 4th, heavy to heavy snowfall is expected in parts of southern Henan, southwestern and central-eastern Hubei, central and northern Anhui, western Jiangsu, northern Hunan, eastern Chongqing, and northern Guizhou, among which southwestern Hubei, northwestern Hunan, and There were heavy snowstorms in some areas in southeastern Chongqing and central Anhui, and local heavy snowstorms. There was persistent freezing rain in parts of Hubei, central Anhui and other places.