China News Service, Zhengzhou, July 21st (Kan Li) The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Zhengzhou Municipal Party Committee on the early morning of the 21st that from 18:00 on July 18th to 0:00 on the 21st, Zhengzhou experienced a rare and continuous process of heavy rainfall. Extraordinarily heavy rain, the cumulative average precipitation is 449 mm.
73 stations (approximately 38%) have accumulated precipitation exceeding 500 mm, with the largest Xinmi Baizhai 875 mm, and the daily precipitation at the five stations of Zhengzhou, Dengfeng, Xinmi, Xingyang, and Gongyi in Zhengzhou City exceeded the extreme value since the meteorological record. , At 16-17 o'clock on the 20th, the rainfall at the Zhengzhou station reached 201.9 mm, exceeding the extreme hourly rainfall of China's land.
Due to the rare and continuous heavy rainfall, many projects such as the Changzhuang Reservoir, Guojiazui Reservoir and Jialu River in Zhengzhou were in danger, and serious waterlogging occurred in the urban area of Zhengzhou, which severely affected Zhengzhou's railway, highway and civil aviation traffic.
At present, about 100,000 people have been transferred to avoid danger, and the flood has caused 12 deaths in Zhengzhou city.
The picture shows the early morning of July 21, forklifts are still working on the streets of Zhengzhou.
Kan Lishe
After the flood, the Henan Provincial Party Committee and the Zhengzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were mainly responsible for the first-line dispatch of comrades and guided full rescue and rescue.
Upon request and approval from the Central Theater District, 730 PLA commanders and fighters have been deployed.
There are 1,159 armed police officers and soldiers, more than 60 vehicles, 6,760 firefighters and 1,383 vehicles, 690 militiamen, 35 assault boats, and 25,784 sets of other types of rescue equipment to participate in the rescue.
Currently, rescue work is still in progress.
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