Guangdong Province continues to do a good job in preventing heavy rainfall and convection, and 107,400 people were evacuated for emergency evacuation.

People’s Daily Online, Guangzhou, April 23 (Wang Yadie, Zhou Rui, Pu Xinyu) On April 23, reporters learned from the Guangdong Provincial Environmental Protection Office that according to monitoring by the Meteorological and Hydrological Department, rainfall in the past 24 hours was mainly concentrated in Maoming, In Yangjiang City, the province’s average rainfall was 10.49 mm. The maximum cumulative rainfall was 173 mm in Pidi Town, Yangxi County, Yangjiang City, and the maximum hourly rainfall was 76.1 mm in Luokeng Town, Dianbai District, Maoming City. At 9:00 on the 22nd, a peak flow of 18,100 cubic meters per second occurred at the Shijiao Hydrological Station on the main stream of the Beijiang River, a once-in-50-year event. Floods along the entire main stream of the Beijiang River have peaked and receded. As of 17:00 on the 22nd, 20 hydrological stations across the province still exceeded warning levels.

According to preliminary statistics, this round of heavy rainfall caused disasters in Shaoguan, Guangzhou, Heyuan, Zhaoqing, Qingyuan, Meizhou, Huizhou and other places, and 107,400 people were evacuated for emergency evacuation.

The Guangdong Provincial Flood Control General Administration maintains a flood control level II emergency response, implements the spirit of the instructions of the provincial party committee and provincial government leaders, and guides member units in various regions to do a solid job in flood control and emergency response in disaster-stricken areas. The Provincial Three Prevention and Control Office strengthens command and dispatch in key flood control areas and key disaster-stricken areas, guides the implementation of various preventive measures, and reminds relevant prefectures, cities and units to do disaster relief and rescue work. The Provincial Department of Emergency Management, in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Natural Resources, the Provincial Department of Water Resources, and the Provincial Meteorological Bureau, issued 4 issues of emergency warning information to the public across the province, attracting approximately 510 million people. Coordinated and dispatched 5 helicopters and other emergency rescue forces to support Shaoguan emergency rescue and disaster relief. The Provincial Department of Water Resources issued 4 water conservancy project dispatch orders to further optimize the dispatch of key flood control projects such as Lechang Gorge, Feilai Gorge, and Jinjiang Reservoir, and give full play to the role of reservoirs in blocking and peaking floods; it continued to strengthen flash flood warnings and handled 426 flash flood disaster warnings , sent 31,229 early warning text messages; dispatched 7 working groups with 30 technical personnel to go deep into the front lines of Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing, Heyuan and other areas to guide defense work. The Provincial Department of Natural Resources has made every effort to carry out geological disaster emergency response and hidden danger investigation, monitoring a total of 2,420 hidden danger points, issuing 38 orange or above early warning reminders, dispatching 6,939 geological disaster inspection personnel, and inspecting 3,453 geological disaster hidden danger points (risk points). The Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development coordinated the deployment of 40 excavators, 2 forklifts, and 5 dump trucks to support the disaster-stricken areas of Shaoguan and Qingyuan to carry out emergency rescue work; the province’s housing and construction departments inspected self-built houses, dilapidated houses, etc. 134,200 642 houses with safety hazards were found, and 2,435 households and 9,225 people were evacuated. The Provincial Department of Transportation sent a working group to conduct special supervision in Shaoguan, Qingyuan and other places, focusing on supervising the repair work of roads damaged due to heavy rainfall. The Provincial Department of Commerce continues to strengthen the monitoring of the operation of daily necessities in key affected cities such as Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and Zhaoqing, and replenish inventories in a timely manner; it guides large supermarkets and key agricultural wholesale markets in various cities to respond in advance and appropriately expand commodity reserves to ensure market stability. run. The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism has strengthened safety reminders for tourist attractions, checked and dispatched flood prevention work in scenic spots in real time, implemented emergency shutdowns of 178 scenic spots, relocated 4,921 tourists, and adjusted 254 tourist group itineraries for 10,464 people. The Provincial Health Commission set up 78 temporary medical points in key disaster-stricken areas, dispatched 103 medical and health emergency teams with 353 people to carry out emergency response work; organized 542 medical and health emergency teams with 4,682 people on full-time standby to prepare for emergency support. The Provincial Market Supervision Bureau has strengthened supervision in key areas such as food safety, price order, and special equipment safety, increased market supervision and inspection in disaster-stricken areas, and made every effort to stabilize prices and protect people’s livelihood. The Provincial Communications Administration dispatched 18,750 support personnel, 6,295 support vehicles, and 4,189 generators to ensure communication support during heavy rainfall. The Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration has strengthened the monitoring of important waterways, ferries, bridge areas and other waters in the Beijiang, Xijiang and Dongjiang rivers that are greatly affected by rainfall, and issued encrypted navigation safety reminder information to remind and urge ships to implement navigation safety measures during the flood season to prevent dangerous water accidents. Guangdong Power Grid Company continues to strengthen line inspections and emergency repairs in disaster-stricken areas, dispatching a total of 14,048 personnel and 5,132 emergency repair vehicles. The Provincial Fire Rescue Corps coordinated with the forest firefighting team to send 1,000 people to key areas such as Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and Zhaoqing to carry out rescue missions; 5,252 fire rescue personnel, 959 fire trucks, and 661 boats were dispatched to rescue and evacuate 5,471 trapped people. people. The Provincial Meteorological Bureau issued heavy rain warning signals 454 times. The Provincial Hydrology Bureau dispatched 85 emergency response teams with 297 personnel to conduct 58 flood surveys and complete 1,003 hydrological emergency monitoring operations.

All localities are going all out to carry out flood prevention work. As of 17:00 on April 22, Qingyuan City has launched a flood control level II emergency response, Heyuan and Foshan cities have launched a flood control level III emergency response, and six cities, Shaoguan, Zhaoqing, Shanwei, Huizhou, Meizhou, and Yunfu, have launched a flood control level IV emergency response. Fifty-six counties and districts, including Huadu, Chancheng, Yingde, and Guanglin, have launched emergency flood control responses.

It is expected that there will be intermittent heavy rainfall during the day from April 23 to 24; from the night of April 24, there will be heavy to heavy rain in Guangdong Province. The Provincial Three Prevention and Control Office will continue to pay close attention to weather dynamics, strengthen work scheduling and on-duty spot checks, urge all local departments to strictly implement various flood prevention measures, and make every effort to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property.

(Editors: Wang Yadie, Zhang Yongsheng)

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