China News Service, Beijing, July 21st (Reporter Chen Su) The China Meteorological Administration reported on the 21st that there will still be rainfall in Henan in the next three days, and it is necessary to continue to do a good job in flood prevention and flood fighting.
At the media interview held by the China Meteorological Administration that day, Chen Tao, the chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological Bureau, said that it is expected that there will still be rainfall in Henan Province in the next three days. The rainfall intensity will be strong on the 21st, and there will be heavy rains and heavy rains in Zhengzhou.
Among them, on the 21st, there were heavy to heavy rains in central and northern Henan, heavy rains and local heavy rains in parts of the northern part, heavy rains and local heavy rains (50-120 mm) in Zhengzhou; light to moderate rains in central and western Henan , Zhengzhou area had light to moderate rain (5-15 mm); on the 23rd, there were light to moderate rain in central and western Henan, and scattered showers (1-5 mm) in Zhengzhou area. This round of heavy rainfall tended to weaken and end.
Chen Tao said that the heavy rainfall process in Henan has a long duration, large accumulated rainfall, and significant extremes. At present, many small and medium-sized reservoirs and rivers have experienced over-flood limit water levels and over-alarm floods, and floods, mountain floods and other disasters have occurred in many places.
It is expected that the rainfall in Henan will continue in the next three days, and the risk of disasters will be extremely high, and the occurrence of disasters will have a lag effect. All localities need to continue to do a good job in flood protection, geological disasters, and inspections of river embankments, reservoirs, etc. Due to the adverse effects of this work, health and epidemic prevention work should be done well in advance.
"On the morning of the 21st, the Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue an orange rainstorm warning. The public needs to pay attention to the rolling warning information at any time, arrange travel reasonably, reduce unnecessary travel, avoid going to areas with heavy precipitation, and rescue personnel outside should also pay attention to the warning signal and effective time to avoid strong The risk of meteorological disasters caused by precipitation." Chen Tao said.
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