Since June 26, the cumulative rainfall in eastern parts of southwest China and parts of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is 100-300 mm, of which Chongqing, Hubei, Guizhou, and Zhejiang are 350-483 mm, and the maximum hourly rainfall is 100-120 mm. The cumulative rainfall in Northeast China and North China is more than 50 mm, and the local area is 100-281 mm.
According to the monitoring of the water conservancy department, over 158 rivers in 16 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have experienced over-alarm floods in the past week, 32 rivers have exceeded floods, 2 small and medium-sized rivers have exceeded historical floods, and Taihu Lake and the Yangtze River have occurred in 2020. Flood No. 1. At present, the water conditions of major rivers across the country are stable, and most of the river sections are below the warning level.
As of July 3, this year, floods have caused 19.38 million disasters in 26 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hubei. 121 people have been killed and missing, 875,000 emergency transfers and resettlement, 17,000 The houses collapsed, and the affected area of crops was 1,560 thousand hectares, with a direct economic loss of 41.64 billion yuan. Compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, the number of people affected by floods, the number of people missing due to disasters, the number of collapsed houses and the direct economic loss decreased by 46%, 51%, 80% and 46% respectively.
Since the beginning of this year, the overall drought situation in the country has been relatively light. Drought disasters mainly occurred in Yunnan, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places. A total of 11.87 million people were affected. The crop area was 20.53 million hectares, and the total loss was 10.1 million hectares. The direct economic loss was 6.7 billion yuan. Compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, the number of people affected by disasters, the number of people in need of assistance due to drought, the area affected by crops and the direct economic loss decreased by 48%, 51%, 58% and 68%, respectively.
Over the past week, the National Defense General Administration and Emergency Management Department have made arrangements for key tasks in response to floods and disasters in various places. On June 29, July 1, July 3, and July 4, the flood control dispatch meeting was organized four times in succession, and the video was connected to the flood control and drought control headquarters, emergency management department and related departments of 19 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). Rescue team, understand the flood and disaster situation, rescue and relief situation; organize the consortium of water conservancy, meteorology and other departments; have sent 5 working groups to key areas to guide the flood prevention and relief work. At 20 o'clock on July 2nd, the National Defense General Administration launched the flood control level IV emergency response and issued a notice to the relevant regions.
(Chairman CCTV reporter Cui Shijie)