The situation in the autumn flood season is severe and complicated. Six working groups from the Ministry of Water Resources went to Henan, Shaanxi and other places to assist in the response.
The Paper Journalist Diao Fanchao
Since the beginning of autumn, my country’s main rain belt has been located to the north, lasted for a long time, and the total amount of precipitation has been large. A total of 7 heavy rainfall processes have occurred, 3 more than normal in the same period. In addition, there are many rivers with super-alert water levels, large floods, and many floods.
On September 26, The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that in response to the severe and complex autumn flood situation, Li Guoying, deputy commander-in-chief of the State General Defense and Minister of Water Resources, requested that the important instructions of the leadership of the State Council be promptly implemented, and the current autumn flood should be studied and judged in a timely manner. Develop the situation, do a good job in the “four pre-planning” work in a timely manner, further implement and refine the autumn flood defense measures, ensure that the autumn flood can be prevented, and ensure the safety of the people’s lives and property.
On September 25th, Vice Minister Liu Weiping of the Ministry of Water Resources presided over the meeting, requesting supervision and guidance of local governments to implement defense responsibilities, strengthen monitoring, forecasting and early warning, strengthen scientific dispatching of water conservancy projects, and do a good job in the prevention of floods in small and medium-sized rivers, mountain torrents, and small and medium-sized reservoirs, especially disease risks. Reservoir is safe during the flood season, and all flood prevention work should be done well.
The Ministry of Water Resources issued a notice to the water conservancy departments (bureaus) of Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces (municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Haihe River Water Conservancy Commissions of the Ministry of Water Resources, requesting that the autumn flood season be done well. Defense work: On the basis of the 4 working groups dispatched in the early stage, 2 additional working groups were sent to Henan and Shaanxi on the 25th to assist and guide the localities to prepare for the autumn flood.
The autumn flood situation is grim, 13 rivers are over police
Affected by the recent heavy rainfall, at 16:00 on September 25th, Jushui, a tributary of the Hanjiang River in Shaanxi, Heihe and Shitou River, tributaries of the Danjiang and Weihe Rivers, and Lihe and Hehe River, a tributary of the Shaying River in Henan, to Liuzhuang and Weihe Jixian County The 13 rivers to the Qimen section were 0.06 to 2.88 meters above the police, of which the Lihe River was 0.48 meters above the police.
It is expected that from September 25th to 27th, there will be heavy rainstorms in the northeastern part of the southwest, the southeastern part of the northwest, the northern part of the eastern part of Huanghuai, and the southern part of North China. Among them, there will be heavy rainstorms in parts of central and northern Sichuan, southeastern Gansu, and central Shaanxi. . Affected by this, the upper reaches of the Jialing River and the Han River in the Yangtze River, the mainstream and tributaries of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the Weihe, Fenhe, Qinhe, Dawenhe, and the Weihe River in the south of the Haihe River will see significant water increases. Among them, the Weihe River from Lintong to Huaxian River The section may be over-alarm, and some sections of the Communist Canal and Weihe River will remain over-alarm. Some small and medium-sized rivers in the rainstorm area may have over-alarm floods.
The Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources closely monitors the flood conditions of the Han River, maintains emergency response to flood and drought disaster prevention at Level IV, and immediately issued flood information to the Henan and Hubei Water Resources Departments, and finely controlled the staggered peaks of the floods discharged from the Danjiangkou Reservoir and the Yahekou Reservoir to reduce the middle of the Han River. Downstream flood control pressure; the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources initiated the fourth-level emergency response for flood and drought disaster prevention in the middle and lower reaches, and scientifically dispatched Xiaolangdi, Guxian, and Luhun reservoirs to intercept flood and peak and stagger peaks; Huaihe Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources launched flood and drought disaster prevention IV In response to emergency response, a working group was sent to Henan Province to guide the prevention of rainstorms and floods; the Haihe Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources launched a fourth-level emergency response for flood and drought disaster prevention. Maximize the benefits of flood prevention and disaster reduction.
Water conservancy department finely dispatches water conservancy projects for flood control and staggered peaks
Lou Yangsheng, secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, presided over a video conference on flood prevention work to arrange the deployment of the near-term autumn flood defense work; the Provincial Water Resources Department upgraded the flood and drought disaster prevention emergency response from level IV to level III at 1 o’clock on September 25, and dispatched ducks for 12 consecutive times. The Hekou Reservoir reduced the maximum inflow of 18,200 cubic meters per second to 5000 cubic meters per second since the construction of the reservoir, with a peak shaving rate of 73%, ensuring the safety of flood prevention in the urban area of Nanyang City and the middle route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and reducing the affected population by 3 million. ; Dispatching the Panshitou Reservoir to close the gate to intercept floodwaters, avoiding the re-opening of flood storage and detention areas such as Liangxiangpo and Gongquxi in the Weihe River Basin, and avoiding the transfer of 100,000 people; jointly dispatching the Gushitan and Yanshan Reservoirs in the Huaihe River Basin to intercept floods at staggered peaks , Avoiding the opening of the Nihewa flood detention area, and avoiding the transfer of 95,000 people.
The Hubei Provincial Water Resources Department initiated the flood and drought disaster prevention emergency response at 10:00 on September 25, and issued a notice to deploy the inspection and defense of the dikes along the Han River. Currently, there are more than 5,000 inspectors on the dikes along the Han River and Dongjing River in the province. The Water Resources Department of Shandong Province launched a Level IV emergency response to flood and drought disaster prevention at 18:00 on September 24. It sent 3 expert groups to Zibo, Tai’an, Jining and other places to guide defense work, and preset 2 expert groups to provide emergency technical support.
In addition, according to the Yangtze River Committee, in order to do a good job in the Three Gorges Reservoir during the National Day holiday, the Yangtze River Committee issued the “Opinions on the Three Gorges Reservoir National Day Holiday Operation” to the Three Gorges Group on September 25, requesting that when the short-term forecast inflow is greater than 30,000 cubic meters per second The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir is controlled at no more than 169 meters, and it is required to continue to strengthen communication and coordination with the State Grid Co., Ltd. during the dispatch process, and to reasonably arrange the power generation plan according to the incoming water forecast and the safety of the backwater in the reservoir area, so as to ensure the safety of the project and the middle and lower reaches. Make full use of flood resources under the premise of flood prevention and safety.
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