China News Service, August 9. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, it is expected that from noon to evening on the 10th, this year's No. 7 typhoon will make landfall along the coast from northeastern Hainan Island to western Guangdong.
The National Defense Directorate launched a four-level emergency response for flood control and typhoon prevention, requiring relevant regions such as South China to do a good job in typhoon defense.
At present, the tropical depression in the South China Sea has developed into the No. 7 typhoon this year on the morning of August 9. It is expected to make landfall along the coast from northeastern Hainan Island to western Guangdong from noon to evening on the 10th.
Affected by this, there will be winds of magnitude 6-7 in most of the South China Sea, the Qiongzhou Strait and the coast of Guangdong, and the eastern coast of Hainan Island. The winds in the northern waters of the South China Sea and the coastal areas of central and western Guangdong will reach magnitudes 8-9 and gusts of magnitude 10-12.
There were heavy to heavy rains in parts of southern Guangdong, western and northern Hainan Island, among which there were heavy rains along the southern coast of Guangdong.
According to the relevant provisions of the "National Emergency Plan for Flood Control and Drought Relief", the National Defense Directorate decided to launch a four-level emergency response to flood control and typhoon prevention in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and other provinces at 11:00 on August 9, requiring relevant provinces to closely monitor the development and changes of typhoons. Strengthen emergency duty and consultation and judgment, and initiate or adjust emergency response in a timely manner.
Effectively organize the return of ships to the port to take shelter from the danger and the offshore operation personnel, returning ship personnel, and offshore aquaculture personnel to go ashore to avoid danger.
Further carry out the investigation and rectification of hidden dangers, close coastal tourist attractions and construction sites in advance, and promptly take measures to reinforce or demolish high-altitude structures such as billboards, tower cranes, glass curtain walls, and easy-to-fall objects such as street trees and fences, and stop outdoor collective activities and classes as appropriate. , stop work, stop business, stop operation, eliminate potential safety hazards.
Focus on the prevention and response of geological disasters such as mountain torrents, floods in small and medium rivers, and urban and rural waterlogging, highlighting the inspection and defense of small and medium-sized reservoirs (hydropower stations), "high-level" ponds and dams, railway bridges, flood bridges and other infrastructure, and organize storm surge flooding in advance. Areas, mountain torrent disaster risk areas, low-lying areas prone to flooding, hidden dangers of geological disasters, old communities, iron houses and other dangerous areas to transfer people to avoid danger, and earnestly put the safety of people's lives in the first place.