China News Service, August 21. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, at present, the process of heavy rainfall in parts of the north continues, and the new round of heavy rainfall areas is highly overlapping with the previous ones, especially Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and other provinces, related areas. The risk of flooding and geological disasters has increased, and rivers such as the Raoyang River in the Liaohe River and the Tarim River in Xinjiang have exceeded the alarm for a long time.
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, from August 21 to 24, there will be moderate to heavy rains and local heavy rains in most parts of the eastern part of the Northwest, North China, and Northeast China.
The National Defense General Office and the Emergency Management Department continued to organize a video conference on flood control and drought relief on August 21. In view of the current flood control situation, it is required to focus on three aspects of work.
The first is to fully implement the responsibilities of the executive heads of governments at all levels for flood control, and to consolidate the responsibility system for guarantee coverage at all levels, as well as the responsibilities for flood control inspections on small and medium-sized reservoirs, mountain pond check dams, mountain torrent geological prone areas, and urban flood-prone points. People must go deep into the front line, command the front line, and pay close attention to various preventive and countermeasures.
The second is to focus on weak links, pay attention to short-term forecasting, and implement early warning, response, inspection, transfer responsibility and measures to the most basic level; continue to focus on defense key points such as small and medium-sized rivers, small and medium-sized reservoirs, and mountain pond check dams, and continue to carry out hidden risks. Check and rectify, strengthen inspection and defense; strengthen the control of passing vehicles in construction camps, tourist attractions, and key areas in hilly areas, timely and decisively transfer people in dangerous areas, and ensure the safety of people's lives.
The third is to strengthen the inspection of dykes in Xinjiang's Tarim River and other super-alert river sections, increase the frequency of inspections in dangerous industrial sections and historical danger points, and pre-set rescue forces and materials for important dyke sections and weak parts to ensure timely detection and disposal. danger.