Events: Guangdong Maoming rare flash flood killed 36 people to 23 people missing
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China news agency, Maoming, September 22 - (Liangsheng Liang Ge Yanmei Far East), according to the Guangdong Maoming office of three 22 pm news, said the sudden more than 200 years of heavy rainfall has caused the increase in the number of death tolls to 23, and another 36 people missing and four injured, the total direct economic loss of 1.512 billion yuan.
As a serious disaster, 22 am, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, Li Yung-kan, the National Civil Air Defense Office deputy director of the Qing-Peng arrived in Maoming night, directing flood relief. In the afternoon, the Guangdong provincial party secretary Wang Yang, Governor Huang Hua visited the disaster area also have the disaster, disaster recovery guide production.
Typhoon No. 11 by this year's "Where Asia than" weakening trough of low pressure formed, 20 to 21, west of Guangdong Maoming Gaozhou, the letter should heavy rains in most parts of the two cities to heavy rain, local heavy rainfall, resulting in more serious rainstorm flood disasters.
At 0:00 on the 21st to 14, the average rainfall of 71 mm Maoming, heavy rainfall in some regions, heavy rainfall mainly concentrated in Gaozhou your horse, the slope and Xinyi Dong Tin Town, where your horse town rainfall 740 mm. After the storm, Kam River, Cao river water level rose rapidly over the history of the highest water level. Day 14, the flood began to recede.
The heavy rainfall caused Gaozhou, the letter should be two to 26 floods occurred in the town, some places also appeared landslides, some of the villages, towns, and Wei transportation, communications, power supply interruption. According to incomplete statistics, Maoming city a total of 51.7 million people were affected, 454 houses collapsed, killed 23 people, 36 people missing, injured 11 people, injured four people, the total direct economic loss of 1.512 billion yuan.
After the disaster, Maoming quickly organize relevant departments to carry out disaster relief to resume production, and safe transfer of people trapped nearly 4 million people, for proper placement. 22, the local levels and relevant departments to cancel Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, fully participate in disaster relief. After (Editor: Liu Xiaojing) |
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