Ningde, Fujian Province suffered heavy rains, causing direct economic losses of approximately 330 million yuan in Fuding City

China News Service, Ningde, September 3 (Wu Yunjie) Due to the joint influence of Typhoon "Shadr" and the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Ningde City, Fujian Province has experienced widespread to heavy rains since August 31, and extremely heavy rains have occurred in Fuding City and Zhurong County. According to the comprehensive pre-assessment of the meteorological department, this round of heavy rains will last for a long time, have a wide range, heavy rainfall, and strong extremeness. Many rainfall data have refreshed historical records, and the risk of disasters is high.

According to statistics, the cumulative precipitation in Ningde city from 8:00 on August 31 to 8:00 on September 3 showed that 26 towns and towns in 4 counties (cities, districts) exceeded 400 mm, including 15 in Fuding City, Zherong County, and Xiapu County. Each township exceeded 500 mm, and 7 towns in Fuding City and Zherong County exceeded 600 mm. The largest one was 670.6 mm in Guanyang Town, Fuding City, and 498.4 mm was the largest in Zherong County in the urban area. The maximum sliding 1-hour rainfall is 127 mm in Nodou Town, Fuding.

Heavy rainfall caused secondary disasters, causing disasters in many places in Fuding City. People's production and life, infrastructure, agricultural industry, etc. suffered varying degrees of losses. According to the Ningde Emergency Bureau, as of 12:00 on the 2nd, this round of heavy rainfall has caused direct economic losses of approximately 330 million yuan in Fuding City. Among them, Nodou Town was the most severely affected, with a cumulative direct economic loss of nearly 200 million yuan.

In the current disaster situation, all parties have quickly devoted themselves to disaster relief work. As of 17:00 on the 2nd, a total of 6,534 cadres have been evacuated and 13,734 people have been evacuated on land in Ningde city. All local departments continue to work on the front line and make every effort to promote rescue and post-disaster recovery work.

At 9:00 on the 3rd, the Ningde Meteorological Observatory adjusted the "Heavy Rain Warning" to Level II, and the Municipal Defense Index also adjusted the flood control emergency response to Level III. Ningde City Prevention said that relevant departments in various places should continue to pay attention to the impact of typhoons and heavy rainfall, continue to strengthen inspections and risk elimination in risk areas such as geological disaster hazard points, and prevent possible secondary disasters such as small and medium river floods, mountain torrents, urban and rural waterlogging, landslides, and landslides to ensure safety.

The "Ningde City Geological Disaster Meteorological Risk Warning" jointly issued by the Ningde Municipal Natural Resources Bureau and the Ningde Municipal Meteorological Bureau stated that it is expected that the risk of geological disasters in some areas of 38 towns and villages in Ningde City will be high (orange warning) from 9:00 on the 3rd to 9:00 on the 4th. Duties, monitoring, inspections and prevention should be carried out, and the transfer of people in dangerous geological disaster spots and dangerous areas should be organized in a timely manner in accordance with relevant regulations to ensure the safety of people's lives. (over)