Heavy rain! Red alerts issued in many places! How to prevent and respond to disastrous weather scientifically?

Heavy rain is coming!

Since May 2, the heaviest rainfall this year has occurred in central and eastern my country. The heavy rainfall area continues to advance southward, and many places in the south have entered the strongest period of this round of heavy rainfall. Most of Jiangnan and northern South China have experienced heavy rain, and local precipitation will approach or exceed the extreme value in May.

The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters initiated a Level 4 emergency response for flood control at 15:00 on May 6. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a blue warning for heavy rain and a blue warning for severe convective weather at 06:00 on May 7.

On May 7, red warning signals for heavy rain were issued in many places in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other provinces.

According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, from May 8 to 9, parts of southern Guangxi, southwestern Guangdong, Hainan Island and other places will experience heavy to torrential rain, with local torrential rain. Some of the above-mentioned areas will be accompanied by short-term heavy rainfall, with local strong convective weather such as thunderstorms and gale.

Heavy rain caused landslides in many places in Hunan.

Mudslides, etc.

In recent days, heavy to torrential rain has occurred in many places in Hunan, river water levels have risen sharply in some areas, and some areas have also experienced landslides, mudslides and other situations.

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More than 100 counties, districts and cities in Guangdong

Heavy rain warning signal issued

The heavy rain in Guangzhou started in the early morning of the 7th, with heavy rain in many towns in Conghua District, with rainfall reaching more than 80 mm in one hour, accompanied by strong winds of 8 to 9. According to the Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Department, from noon to night today, most areas of Guangdong will still have heavy rain to torrential rain, with local torrential rain.

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Heavy rains in Jiangxi cause 497,000 people to be affected

Direct economic losses: 520 million yuan

According to the Jiangxi Provincial Emergency Management Department, from 16:00 on May 5 to 7, the disaster caused by this heavy rainfall has affected 497,000 people in 43 counties (cities, districts, including functional areas) in seven prefecture-level cities, including Fuzhou, Ji'an, Yichun, Xinyu, Pingxiang, Shangrao, and Ganzhou. 14,000 people were urgently relocated and resettled, 2,482 people required emergency life assistance, 67,700 hectares (1,015,000 mu) of crops were affected, 1,100 hectares (16,000 mu) of crops were completely lost, 7 houses of 4 households collapsed, 7 houses of 3 households were severely damaged, 197 houses of 116 households were generally damaged, and the direct economic loss was 520 million yuan . The disaster situation is still under further statistics and verification.

21 rivers experienced floods above warning level

The Ministry of Water Resources issued a flood situation report on the 7th, saying that since May 5, heavy rainfall has occurred in most parts of Jiangnan, northern South China, southwest and northeast my country. Affected by the heavy rainfall, 21 rivers in Jiangxi, Fujian and other places have experienced floods above the warning level, of which 3 rivers have exceeded the protection level, and 2 small and medium-sized rivers have experienced the largest floods since the measured records.

The sudden rainstorm will not only disrupt our normal life

Flooding and traffic disruption

Even causing property damage, casualties

Heavy rainfall is more likely to trigger secondary disasters such as mountain torrents and geological disasters

When heavy rain and floods strike, please keep this guide to avoiding risks and saving yourself!

Comprehensive sources: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV.com, China Meteorological Observatory, etc.