China News Service, February 21. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, on February 21, in response to the freezing process of this round of low-temperature rain and snow, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the China Meteorological Administration continued to organize joint discussions. The video dispatched Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and other provinces to deploy prevention and response work in key areas. The Ministry of Emergency Management expanded the scope of the Level 4 emergency response to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters, and launched a Level 4 emergency response to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters in Hunan Province at 12:00 on the 21st. Currently, the Ministry of Emergency Management maintains a level four emergency response to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters in Anhui, Henan, and Hubei. The working group of the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee continues to provide guidance on the front lines in Henan, Anhui and Hubei.
The discussion emphasized that the current round of rain, snow and freezing weather has entered a critical stage of prevention and response. It is necessary to give full play to the leading role of disaster reduction committees or special command agencies at all levels, strengthen joint deliberations and departmental coordination and linkage, and promptly dispatch supervision teams to On-site assistance and guidance. It is necessary to anchor the goal of "keeping people safe, keeping roads smooth, and ensuring power supply", strengthen personnel avoidance and transfer, prepare rescue teams and equipment in key locations, make preparations for emergency rescue and disaster relief, and attach great importance to the damage caused by rain, snow, and freezing weather. For secondary disasters such as the collapse of house greenhouses, various prevention and response measures must be implemented in detail.
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, there will be heavy to heavy snowfall in some areas of Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei and other places on the 21st, and freezing rain in some areas; from the 22nd to the 23rd, there will be moderate to heavy snowfall in central Jiangsu and Anhui, northwest Hunan and other places.