People's Daily Online, Beijing, July 21 (Reporter Yu Lu) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that the Ministry of Water Resources has initiated flood and drought disasters at 14:00 on July 20 in response to the current flood control situation of the Haihe River, the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the upper and middle reaches of the Huai River, and the Nenjiang River. Defense level IV emergency response, and do our best to deal with it.
It is understood that the Ministry of Water Resources has issued notices to the Water Resources Departments of Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, and Henan Provinces (autonomous regions), in accordance with the "one province, one order" supervision and guidance to do a good job in the safety of dangerous reservoirs in the rainstorm area.
On the basis of dispatching work teams to Henan and Inner Mongolia in the early stage, three additional work teams were sent to Shanxi, Henan, Guangdong and other provinces to assist and guide local governments in flood prevention and typhoon and heavy rainfall prevention work.
The relevant person in charge of the Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Department of the Ministry of Water Resources told reporters that from 8:00 on July 19 to 18:00 on the 20th, there were heavy rains in many places in Henan Province, and the average rainfall in the province was 81 mm. Among them, Zhengzhou 318 mm.
Affected by heavy rainfall, the flood peak water level of the Longmen Town Hydrological Station of Yihe River, a tributary of the Yiluo River, was 149.75 meters at 13:12 on July 20, which exceeded the warning water level by 0.82 meters.
At 17:00 on July 20, the water level of the Qinhe Hekou Village Reservoir rose to 249.30 meters, exceeding the flood limit of 11.30 meters, the inflow flow was 410 cubic meters per second, and the outflow flow increased to 280 cubic meters per second.
Zhengzhou Changzhuang Reservoir (medium-sized) is in danger of piping, and the local area is doing all-out rescue efforts. At present, the water level of the reservoir has begun to drop, and the danger is initially under control.
According to forecasts, there will be heavy rains in parts of northwestern Henan in the next two days.
Affected by this, the Yiluo River and Qin River in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the Zhangweinan Canal in the Haihe River Basin, and the Hongru River and Shaying River in the Huaihe River Basin will experience significant water increases. The Huayuankou section of the middle reaches of the Yellow River may experience numbered floods and heavy rains. Some small and medium-sized rivers in the area may have floods above the warning level.
At the Flood Control Conference and Chamber of Commerce held by the Ministry of Water Resources on July 20, the reporter learned that the Ministry of Water Resources has redeployed river flood defense work. The relevant person in charge of the Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Department of the Ministry of Water Resources pointed out that the first is to strengthen forecasts and forecasts, closely monitor weather changes, strengthen joint consultations with meteorological departments, rolling analysis and judgment, accurately forecast the rainfall range, release forecast and warning information in advance, and make heavy rains. Prepare for flood defense. The second is to further implement flood safety measures for reservoirs, comprehensively investigate small reservoirs and dangerous reservoirs in the rainfall area, strengthen safety supervision and operation water level control, urge the "three responsible persons" to be in place, and earnestly perform their job responsibilities to ensure a safe flood season. The third is to make every effort to prevent floods and mountain torrent disasters in small and medium-sized rivers, pay close attention to the process of heavy rainfall, give full play to the role of the mountain flood disaster monitoring and early warning system and the "three major operators", release early warning information in time, and ask local governments to organize personnel transfers to avoid danger in advance, and strengthen Personnel transfer and control in hazardous areas.