More than 3,200 people have been evacuated from Min County, Gansu Province, where heavy rain and hail caused 7 deaths and 1 injury.
On May 16th, Min County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province suffered from strong convective weather caused by heavy rain and hail. According to the latest report of Minxian Government Information Office, from 16: 00 to 20: 00 on May 16, there was a heavy rain in Minxian County, which caused six townships to be affected to varying degrees. As of 8: 00 on the 17th, the disaster has caused 7 deaths, 1 injured and hospitalized, and now it is out of danger. Beijing Youth Daily learned that at present, more than 3,200 people from 878 households have been evacuated from six affected towns.
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The heaviest rainfall in more than ten years.
Mr. Liu, a villager in Suolongsigou Village, Minxian County, told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that the rain started at 6 pm on the 16th. "In the afternoon, I just got home from the field, and it rained, especially with lightning. It didn’t stop until around 8 pm. " Mr. Liu said that because the village is surrounded by mountains, when it rains, soil keeps flowing down from the mountains and finally collects in the rivers in the village. And this disaster also caused damage to their crops. "Our family planted 6 acres of medicinal materials, and 2 acres were completely flooded."
The rain in Min County also left a deep impression on the villager Shi Chuang. Shi Chuang, who lives near the county seat, said that at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, it began to hail. "The hail is particularly big, and it bounces in the car. Before long, the roads were covered with hail, like snow. After the hail, it turned into a heavy rain. "
"This is my impression, the biggest rain in more than a decade." Shi Chuang said that although he saw the warning of the weather forecast before the rainstorm, he didn’t expect it to be so big.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that after the rain stopped, several villages in Suolong Temple had serious water accumulation. Local fire officers and soldiers and rescue teams, with shovels, are constantly cleaning up the accumulated water from the villagers’ yards.
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Seven people were killed and one injured in the disaster.
According to the latest report from the Information Office of Minxian County Government in Dingxi City, Gansu Province, from 16: 00 to 20: 00 on May 16, there was a heavy rain in Minxian County, causing six townships to be affected to varying degrees. As of 8: 00 on the 17th, the disaster has caused 7 deaths, 1 injured and hospitalized, and now it is out of danger.
According to the circular, in the afternoon, after receiving the early warning signals from the meteorological and land departments of cities and counties, the local government issued early warning information to the county nine times in time. A total of 878 households with more than 3,200 people were evacuated from six affected towns.
After the disaster, the local government immediately organized civil affairs, water affairs, meteorology and other departments to go deep into the affected towns such as Hetuo Town and Suolong Township to check the disaster situation and carry out rescue and relief work. Emergency mobilization of 25 medical personnel and 6 ambulance vehicles (times) to the severely affected towns and villages to carry out the rescue work for the injured. At the same time, more than 300 police officers, fire officers and soldiers, surrounding township cadres and local people were urgently dispatched to search for missing persons.
At the same time, quickly repair damaged infrastructure. As of 3: 00 a.m. on the 17th, some villages in Suolong Township resumed power supply, and villages that have not yet been powered on are stepping up repairs; The landslide section of national highway 316 in Suolong has been rushed through, and many water-damaged interrupted roads such as Dadong Village, Yuangengdi Village and Buyers Village in Suolong Township have been unblocked; The village road in Shangou Village, Hetuo Town is being repaired.
In order to properly arrange the lives of the affected people, as of 8: 00 on the 17th, the government has urgently mobilized relief tents, cotton-padded clothes, quilts, water shoes, umbrellas, flashlights, instant noodles, mineral water, snacks, candles, generators and other relief materials to the affected towns. At present, it is being distributed in an orderly manner. In addition, the government also distributed solatium 10,000 yuan to the families of the victims who have been identified.
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The direct economic loss is more than 10 million yuan.
According to the news released by the National Disaster Reduction Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, on May 16, due to the strong convective weather, some areas in Dingxi City and Longnan City of Gansu Province experienced short-term heavy rainfall, with the maximum precipitation of 101.2 mm, accompanied by local hail with the maximum diameter of 2cm, causing floods, winds and hail disasters.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that according to preliminary statistics, 75,000 people in Minxian County of Dingxi City and Tanchang County of Longnan City were affected and 7 people died; The affected area of crops is 3.2 thousand hectares, of which 1.5 thousand hectares will be rejected; The direct economic loss is more than 10 million yuan.
After the disaster, the local government has organized personnel to guide and help the affected people to carry out disaster relief and self-help. Organize township cadres to go deep into village communities and farmers, quickly carry out disaster verification work, and arrange water affairs and land departments to conduct a comprehensive investigation of hidden dangers of geological disasters in the county to prevent secondary disasters.
At present, the work of checking the damage of people’s houses and family property, infrastructure and agricultural production is being carried out in a strong and orderly manner.
Text/reporter Ma Jinfeng