From August 27th to 31st, heavy rains occurred in central and southern Hunan, and heavy rains occurred in some areas. The total rainfall of 163 stations in 36 counties exceeded 100 mm. The current heavy rainfall has eased the drought in the central Hunan area, and the area of ​​extreme drought has decreased significantly.

 

According to the statistical analysis of the Provincial Defense Office and the Provincial Hydrology Department, this year (January 1 to August 31), the province's accumulated rainfall was 913.9 mm, which was 20.1% less than the average of 1144.4 mm over the same period of the previous year. Since the beginning of the period (April 1 to August 31), the province's accumulated rainfall of 699.6 mm, 19.5% less than the average of 868.6 mm over the same period of the previous year. According to the statistics of 8:00 on August 31, the total storage capacity of 9 major large reservoirs such as Wuqiangxi and Tunxi was 13.43 billion square meters, which was 1.35 billion square meters (9.1%) lower than the same period of last year.

 

From 8:00 on the 27th to 8:00 on the 31st, heavy rains occurred in the central and southern parts of the country, heavy rains in some areas, and heavy rains in some areas. The province's average rainfall is 30.3 mm, the largest is 56.3 mm in Yongzhou City, 54.6 mm in Xiangtan City and 53.2 mm in Cangzhou City. At present, the water potential in Sishui and Lake District is generally stable, and the water levels of all major control stations are below the warning water level.

 

Affected by this round of rainfall, the drought in the central Hunan area has eased, and the area of ​​extreme drought has decreased significantly. On the 31st, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Hengyang, Shaoyang, Yueyang, Changde, Loudi and other 8 cities still had 5,146,600 mu of crops in 30 counties and urban areas suffering from drought, including 109.17 million mu of light drought and 305,200 mu of heavy drought. 13.07 million mu, the area of ​​lack of water and lack of water is 405,400 mu, and the number of people suffering from dry drinking water is 0.94 million. At present, the drought is still mainly concentrated in the counties and cities such as Fuling, Xiangtan, Xiangxiang, Pingjiang, Qixian and Linyi.

 

The province actively implements the spirit of the instructions of the Party Central Committee, the State Council, and the leaders of the State Defense and Water Resources Departments, and strives to do a good job in flood control and drought relief. Provincial Party Secretary Du Jiawei, Governor Xu Dazhe, Deputy Governor and Provincial Defense Commander promptly made instructions for deployment. On the 25th, the Provincial Defense Index issued the "Notice on Forwarding the National Defense General's Work on Conscientiously Implementing the Important Instructions of the General Secretary of the In-kind General Secretary Ping Ping to Do a Good Job in Flood Control, Drought Relief and Typhoon Prevention," and urged the implementation of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping to deploy flood control and drought prevention in advance. Typhoon work. On the afternoon of the 26th, the provincial defense index was connected with the video of Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Zhangzhou and Yongzhou, which had strong rainfall, and further deployed to arrange for heavy rainfall prevention. On the 27th, the Provincial Defense Office issued the "Anti-Smuggling Warning" (No. 16) to deploy defense work, requiring all relevant departments to attach great importance to the current heavy rainfall defense work, strengthen responsibility awareness, strengthen work measures, strengthen work synergies, and strengthen public opinion guidance. . On the 28th, Zhan Xiaoan, deputy commander of the provincial defense department and director of the Provincial Water Resources Department, went to the duty office of the provincial defense office to understand the situation and demanded to fully implement the spirit of the important instructions of the general secretary of the internship, strengthen the duty in accordance with the requirements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, timely warning, timely dispatch To ensure safety. The Provincial Water Resources Department held a meeting and asked relevant departments to do a good job in flood control and drought relief. On the 29th, the Provincial Defense Index issued the "Notice on Implementing the Intensive General Secretary Nan Ping and Premier Li Keqiang's Important Instructions to Approve the Spirit of Comprehensive Prevention of Flood Control", and demanded that the spirit of the instructions of the central and provincial leaders be implemented in an effective manner to carry out the current flood control and drought relief work. Then arrange and redeploy to ensure the safety of people's lives and property. At the same time, the Provincial Defense Office issued the "Notice on the Rapid Improvement of the Sixth Small Water Reservoir Special Supervision Issues Correction Work", and once again deployed small reservoirs to supervise and rectify the work to ensure the safety of the reservoir. All localities actively implemented and implemented the heavy rainfall defense work, effectively protecting the lives and property of the people.

 

At present, it is in the main flood season. After entering September, the typhoon generation may be stronger than in previous years. According to the forecast of the provincial meteorological department, from September 1 to 3, cloudy weather was dominant, and precipitation occurred. According to the forecast of the Yangtze River Hydrographic Bureau and the Provincial Climate Center, from September to October, the south of Hunan Province was in a slightly more rainfall area, and the north of Xiangzhong was in a slightly less rainfall area.

 

In combination with the actual situation of flood control and drought relief in our province, the next step is to focus on comprehensively eliminating hidden dangers and effectively preventing and controlling risks. Especially for heavy rainfall areas, we will focus on the prevention of geological disasters in mountain torrents, flood prevention in small and medium rivers, reservoir defense, and urban flood control. Closely monitor the changes in rain conditions and weather conditions, and strengthen forecasting and forecasting. Improve monitoring and forecasting levels and strengthen emergency response capabilities. Coordinating flood control and drought relief, and insisting on both hands. On the one hand, efforts should be made to prevent catastrophic flash floods and floods in small and medium-sized river basins. On the other hand, under the premise of ensuring flood control safety, we must do a good job in water storage and water conservation, save water, give priority to domestic water supply, and coordinate production and domestic water needs.