The Yellow River appears numbered flood water resources department: large in magnitude, long in duration and grim in situation.
CCTV News:Affected by recent rainfall, at 15: 00 on September 27, the flow of Tongguan Station of the Yellow River rose to 5020 cubic meters per second, and the first flood occurred this year; At 21: 00 on the 27th, the flow of Huayuankou Station of the Yellow River rose to 4,020 cubic meters per second, and the second flood occurred this year. The Weihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River, suffered the largest flood in the same period since the measured data were available in 1935, and the Yiluo River and Qinhe River suffered the largest floods in the same period since the measured data were available in 1950.
On September 27th, Li Guoying, deputy commander of the National Defense General and Minister of Water Resources, presided over the flood control consultation meeting, and connected the Yellow River Water Resources Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources by video to arrange the deployment of flood prevention work in the Yellow River. Li Guoying stressed that it is necessary to resolutely implement the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on flood control and disaster relief work, conscientiously implement the important instructions of Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders in the State Council, make rolling forecasts, scientifically dispatch main and tributary reservoirs, carefully take defensive measures, implement post responsibilities, and resolutely win the tough battle against the Yellow River flood. Liu Weiping, Vice Minister of Water Resources, attended the meeting in Beijing, and Wang Annan, Director of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, attended the meeting in Zhengzhou.
Li Guoying pointed out that the flood of the Yellow River was large in magnitude and lasted for a long time, and the flood control situation was grim. It is necessary to quickly start the Class III emergency response of flood and drought disaster prevention, implement the flood control consultation mechanism in the main flood season, do a good job in the "four pre-plans" measures of forecasting, early warning, rehearsal and plan, adhere to the principles of system, overall planning, science and safety, and make the dispatching response plan before the flood.
Li Guoying demanded that the inspection and defense of the main stream of the Weihe River and the tributaries of Nanshan should be done well. It is necessary to preset rescue forces, materials and equipment, and strictly defend the Yellow River regime control and guidance project to ensure that the river regime control and guidance project does not run off the dam and the river regime does not change. It is necessary to strengthen the safety of dangerous reservoirs and warping dams, implement the responsible persons for safety one by one, unblock flood discharge channels, strengthen inspection and defense, make plans for personnel transfer and prepare for emergency rescue, and all dangerous reservoirs will run empty. It is necessary to co-ordinate the dispatching of Sanmenxia, Xiaolangdi, Hekou Village, Luhun and Guxian reservoirs in the main stream of the Yellow River, accurately control the reservoir water level, closely monitor the dam safety and the stability of the reservoir bank, implement the operation and management responsibilities one by one, and effectively ensure the safety of the water project itself and the safety of the downstream beach area. It is necessary to do a good job in the prevention of mountain torrents in heavy rainfall areas, encrypt monitoring and forecasting, issue early warning in time, and the early warning information will reach the local and household to people directly, strictly implement various defense responsibilities, and make the transfer and avoidance plan before the occurrence of mountain torrents to fully protect the lives of the people.
On September 27th, the Ministry of Water Resources launched the Class III emergency response for flood and drought disaster prevention, and issued notices to Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi Provincial Water Resources Department and Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission, putting forward clear requirements for flood prevention, and sending three additional working groups to Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi to guide and supervise the prevention and response work.