China News Service Nanchang, July 9 (Yuan Rujing, Li Yunhan) A reporter learned from the Jiangxi Provincial Emergency Management Department on the 9th that as of 16:30 that day, the flood disaster that began on July 6 caused a total of 66 cities in the province's 8 districts. 2.51 million people in the county (city, district) were affected and the direct economic loss was 2.39 billion yuan.
Since July 6, the northern Jiangxi and central Jiangxi regions have experienced heavy downpours to heavy downpours and local heavy downpours. Sustained heavy rains have caused severe disasters in many parts of the province, severe waterlogging in some cities and towns, flooding of houses and vehicles, flooding of vehicles, flooding of large areas of crops, and destruction of infrastructure such as roads and bridges. .
According to statistics, a total of 2.531 million people were affected in Nanchang City, Jingdezhen City, Jiujiang City, Xinyu City, Yingtan City, Yichun City, Fuzhou City, and Shangrao City in 66 counties (cities and districts). 252,000 people were transferred and resettled, and the affected area of crops was 190.4 thousand hectares, with a direct economic loss of 2.39 billion yuan.
Aerial image of flooded farmland in Wuning County, Jiangxi. Photograph by Jiang Dexian
Earlier, Jiangxi Province initiated the emergency response of provincial level 4 disaster relief at 23:00 on the 7th, and was upgraded to level 3 at 16:00 on the 8th. At 8:00 on July 8, Jiangxi Provincial Meteorological Bureau upgraded the province's major meteorological disaster (storm) emergency response to level two, and actively responded to the heavy rainfall weather.
Affected by this round of heavy rainfall, the over-warning water level appeared in the Poyang Lake area, China's largest freshwater lake, and the Yangtze River water backflow phenomenon occurred at 23:00 on the 6th. In the next 5 days, the water level of Poyang Lake Hukou Station will continue to rise. There are 34 supervised warning stations in the river channel in the province. Numbered floods occurred in the Changjiang and Le'an rivers, and the Raohe and Xiuhe super-alarms over the whole line.
The reporter also learned from the Jiangxi Culture and Tourism Department that due to heavy rainfall, according to the requirements of flood control work, the famous scenic spots of Sanqingshan, Wuyuan and Lushan in the province are temporarily closed, and the specific opening time will be notified separately. (Finish)