China News Service, July 28. "Since this year, 34.81 million people have been affected by floods, 146 people have been killed and missing, 72,000 houses have collapsed, and direct economic losses have been 123 billion yuan. Compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, they have fallen by 34%. , 64%, 45%, 22%.” Talking about topics such as rain, flood, and disasters this year, Zhou Xuewen, Secretary-General of the State Defense Command, Deputy Minister of Emergency Management and Deputy Minister of Water Resources, made the same statement on the 28th.

Data map: Rescue workers transferred disaster victims.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan

　　On the 28th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the flood prevention and disaster relief work, introduced the flood prevention and disaster relief work, and answered reporters’ questions.

　　Zhou Xuewen pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the climate has been abnormal, extreme weather events have occurred frequently, and there are several characteristics of rain and flood disasters.

　　Zhou Xuewen said that the temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation is severely uneven, and the rainfall in many places has frequently set records.

Since the flood season, the national average precipitation is 314.8 millimeters, 1.1% less than normal in the same period of the year. However, some areas of Northeast China, Huanghuai, and Haihe have more rainfall and concentrated periods of time.

The daily precipitation of 154 national weather stations across the country has reached the extreme event monitoring standards, and 33 of them have broken through historical extremes.

On July 20, the maximum hourly rainfall in Zhengzhou reached 201.9 millimeters, breaking through the historical extreme value of hourly rainfall in mainland my country, which was 198 millimeters.

　　The flood conditions of northern rivers are severe, and small and medium-sized rivers are rising rapidly.

In mid-to-late June, an extreme flood occurred in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, and a numbered flood occurred on the Nenjiang River, which was significantly earlier than normal.

Two numbered floods occurred in the Haihe River Basin; small and medium-sized rivers rose rapidly. Six rivers in Henan, Hebei and other places had flooded beyond history, and 10 national flood storage and detention areas were opened.

Since the flood season, 372 rivers in 26 provinces across the country have experienced over-warning floods, of which 96 rivers have over-insured and 31 rivers have over-history.

　　“There are frequent engineering dangers, and some provinces have been severely affected.” Zhou Xuewen said that two reservoirs in Inner Mongolia have collapsed, and three reservoirs in Henan have experienced piping and overflowing dams; Zhengzhou, Xinxiang and other cities in Henan have experienced serious waterlogging and multiple rivers. The dike breached. Since the beginning of this year, 34.81 million people have been affected by floods, 146 people have been killed or missing, 72,000 houses have collapsed, and direct economic losses have been 123 billion yuan. Compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, they have fallen by 34%, 64%, 45%, and 22% respectively. . However, since July 17, floods have caused 15.4 million people in 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Henan, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia. 96 people died and disappeared. 1.614 million people were transferred and resettled; especially in Henan Province, the disaster was severe and the casualties were high. In the hearts of the people across the country, 73 people have been killed so far.