China News Service, July 18, according to the Ministry of Water Resources website, since July 14th, there has been continuous rainfall in the upper and middle reaches of the Huaihe River. Due to its impact, the water level of the Wangjiaba Hydrological Station on the Huaihe River rose to 27.50 meters at 22:48 on July 17. The water level is the same as the warning water level. According to the Ministry of Water Resources' National Major River Flood Number Regulations, the flood number is "Huaihe Flood No. 1 in 2020".
The Ministry of Water Resources attaches great importance to the response to the Huaihe River flood. E Jingping, deputy commander-in-chief of the National Defense and Minister of Water Resources, held a meeting on the afternoon of the 17th to study and analyze the flood defense situation of the Huaihe River and implement various countermeasures. Ye Jianchun, Vice Minister of Water Resources, attended the meeting. According to the consultation and analysis, the water level of the section from Wangjiaba to Wujiadu in the mainstream of the Huai River is currently rising. It is estimated that in the next 3 days, there will still be heavy rain in some areas of the Huaihe River Basin. Affected by this, the Wangjiaba section of the main stream of the Huaihe River maintains an over-alarm, the Zhengyangguan section may over-alarm, and some small and medium-sized rivers may experience major floods.
The meeting requested that, starting from the most unfavorable conditions and considering the worst conditions, the responsibilities of compaction and compaction should be tightened to implement detailed defense measures.
One is to strengthen monitoring, forecasting and early warning. Closely monitor the weather changes, roll out the short- and medium-term and near-term forecast forecasts, improve the accuracy of forecasting and forecasting, and provide timely warning to provide support for defense decisions and flood relief.
The second is to effectively prepare for the use of flood storage areas. Based on actual combat, make preparations for the use of flood storage areas such as Mengwa, refine personnel transfer plans, and ensure that they can be activated at any time when needed, and personnel can be quickly and safely transferred.
The third is to strengthen water engineering scheduling. The key reservoirs such as Meishan and Xianghongdian in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River should be scientifically and finely dispatched. Pre-discharge measures should be taken in advance to reduce the water level of Hongze Lake as much as possible.
The fourth is to strengthen the embankment inspection and defense. It is necessary to strengthen the inspection and defense of the embankment of the main stream of the Huai River and the important tributaries of the super-alert section, with sufficient personnel, and the frequency of inspections to be increased to ensure early detection and early disposal of dangerous situations.
Fifth, the safety of the reservoir is highly valued. Strengthen the supervision of large and medium-sized reservoirs' flood limit water levels and their operation and regulation, and strictly prohibit violations of excessive flood limit water level operations; small reservoirs must strictly implement "three responsible persons" and "three key links" to ensure reservoir safety.
Sixth, we should focus on preventing flood disasters. It is necessary to closely monitor short-term temporary heavy rainfall, use the mountain flood disaster monitoring and early warning system and the "three major operators" to promptly warn the relevant responsible persons and the public in the danger zone, and invite the local government to do a good job in transferring the danger zone personnel to protect the people. The lives of the people are safe.