(Economic Observation) Flood disasters continue to increase the flood relief of high-level national defense
China News Service, Beijing, July 9th (Reporter Chen Suo) Flood No. 1 on the Yangtze River, Flood No. 1 on the Yellow River, Taihu Super Police, Poyang Lake Super Police... At present, China has entered the main flood season and the flood prevention situation is severe . The Chinese government website revealed on the 9th that on July 8th, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presided over the convening of an executive meeting of the State Council to specifically deploy flood prevention and relief work.
Since entering the floods this year, China's average rainfall has been significantly higher than normal, and floods and floods have had a greater impact. In June, the average rainfall in China was 13.5% higher than normal, and the daily precipitation in 75 counties (cities) exceeded the extreme value. As of July 3, the flood disaster has caused 19.38 million disasters in 26 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 875,000 emergency resettlement, and direct economic losses amounted to 41.64 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
In the face of continuous rains, officials are highly concerned and strengthened their prevention. Since entering the flood, the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Emergency Management Department have sent more than a dozen working groups to provide guidance in key areas. Fire rescue teams have participated in 3672 flood relief efforts and evacuated more than 31,000 trapped people.
In July, the pressure on China's national defense floods increased further. After the Central Meteorological Observatory issued the rainstorm blue warning for 31 consecutive days, on July 7th, the Central Meteorological Observatory upgraded the rainstorm warning level to orange, and the rain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwestern region was still "uninterrupted." On July 9, according to media reports, a Wangjiang viewing platform in Wuhan was flooded by rising Yangtze River water. The water level at the Hankou station, the iconic hydrological station in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the water level at the Wucha station, Qijiang, Jiangjin District, Chongqing were once over the same period in 1998.
Judging from previous years, July and August are the critical period of flood prevention in China, and the season of typhoon. With the superimposed effects of continuous heavy rainfall in the early stage, experts predict that the flood situation in China will be more severe in the later period.
The relevant person in charge of the Emergency Management Department said that from July to August, most of Hunan, northwest Guangxi, and Guizhou will experience more precipitation, and there may be flood disasters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Floods. In addition, 6-7 typhoons are expected to land in China in the second half of the year, which is more than normal. It is necessary to strengthen monitoring to prevent secondary disasters caused by typhoons in southern China and southeast coastal areas.
Wang Zhihua, deputy director of the Emergency Disaster Mitigation and Public Service Department of the China Meteorological Administration, also said that starting in mid-July, the main rain belt in the eastern region will gradually rise north to the Huanghuai, North China, and southeast northeast regions, meaning that the north will enter the rainfall concentration period The pressure of flood control in the region has also increased.
Jiang Tong, Dean of the School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, said that southern China mainly experiences two flood threats each year, one is the rainy season and the other is the typhoon. Usually, the rainy season in southern China will end in July, but now the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are still in the rainy season. If the rainy season and the typhoon overlap, the flood control situation may be similar to 1998. However, China's current ability to prevent flooding has greatly improved, and even if a flood situation similar to that year occurs, it will not cause that year's impact.
In response to the current flood control situation, the Executive Meeting of the State Council held on July 8 focused on the deployment of flood prevention and relief work, and studied the construction arrangements for major water conservancy projects. Three tasks were put forward at the meeting. One was to consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, strengthen monitoring and early warning, and strengthen coordinated dispatching. The second was to do a good job in flood control in large rivers and river basins, to strengthen flood control for small and medium-sized rivers, to eliminate risks in small and medium-sized reservoirs, and to prevent flooding in cities. Large material and financial support to help local people properly resettle the affected people.
Experts believe that in the face of a severe flood control situation, it is necessary to focus on the weak links in flood control work and minimize casualties.
Cheng Xiaotao, former director of the Institute of Flood Control and Disaster Reduction of the Chinese Academy of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, said that there is a possibility of large-scale basin floods this year, but the pressure for flood control is more reflected in small and medium-sized rivers, which are widely distributed and have low flood control standards. In high-risk areas of flood disasters, in addition, the safety problems of small and medium-sized reservoirs are still outstanding. It is necessary to strengthen patrol and defense, and to strengthen defense against mountain flood disasters caused by heavy rainfall, focusing on urban and rural drainage problems.
Recently, Chinese officials have stepped up their efforts in flood relief areas. On July 8, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management allocated 615 million yuan of central disaster relief funds to Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing, and Guizhou provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) for flood prevention and flood control of 430 million yuan; July 9 The Japanese Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Food and Material Reserve Bureau, allocated 1,000 tents, 3000 folding beds, and 8,000 blankets to Anhui emergency organizations to support local disaster relief efforts. According to the deployment of the executive meeting of the State Council, disaster relief efforts are expected to increase further. (Finish)