The first snowfall in Chongqing’s main city in 17 years started a particularly serious warning.

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The first snowfall in Chongqing’s main city in 17 years started a particularly serious warning.

Topic: Many areas in China have suffered from heavy snow and freezing disasters.











Yesterday, a thick layer of snow fell on the roof of Dianjiang County.


  Yesterday afternoon, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued the highest-level red alert of blizzard, indicating that there were blizzards in some areas such as Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. The China Meteorological Bureau also launched the Class II emergency response order of the early warning and emergency plan for major meteorological disasters. The State Council held an emergency video conference to deploy various security work.


  More than 10 provinces entered a state of emergency.


  According to the emergency response order, China Meteorological Bureau, National Meteorological Center and other national meteorological departments, Guizhou, Hunan and other 10 Yu Sheng (autonomous regions and municipalities) meteorological bureaus immediately entered the secondary meteorological emergency response state.


  According to the order, the Central Meteorological Observatory added a national weather consultation every day, and organized relevant provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) meteorological observatories to hold weather consultation at any time as appropriate.


  Wen Jiabao: The difficult period has not yet passed.


  During the snowstorm in recent days, the work of coal, electricity and oil transportation is facing a very severe situation, and 17 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country have cut off electricity.


  At yesterday’s teleconference, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council pointed out that the shortage of coal, electricity and oil transportation in China is likely to intensify, and the most difficult period has not yet passed, so we should make full preparations. Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, etc


  4.67 million people in our city suffered losses of 568 million.


  After a snowfall in December 1991, after a lapse of 17 years, it snowed again in the main city of Chongqing yesterday. However, the snowstorm and low-temperature freezing disasters in some districts and counties in recent days have caused direct economic losses of 568 million yuan to our city, and the municipal government has urgently launched an emergency plan for meteorological disasters.


  It snows in all districts and counties except Wansheng.


  The reporter learned from the meteorological department that there were intermittent sleet or light snow in other places except Wansheng yesterday.


  Cheng Bingyan, director of the Climate Center of the Municipal Meteorological Bureau, said that the reason why there was no snowfall in the main city for 17 years was mainly because since the 1990s, the urban area has always been in the stage of warmer winter temperatures.


  20 districts and counties in the city were affected.


  Since January 12th, our city has suffered from extensive, intense and long-lasting low-temperature rain and snow.


  According to preliminary statistics, as of the 27th, 20 districts and counties (autonomous counties) in the city were affected by disasters, with 4,678,200 people affected, 3,458 people who were transferred urgently, 487,400 people who had difficulty drinking water, and 5,787 people who were injured or injured due to disasters. The affected area of crops is 123.69 thousand hectares, and the area of crop failure is 20.18 thousand hectares; 51,200 livestock and 136,400 poultry died due to the disaster; 2753 houses collapsed and 5981 houses were damaged. Until yesterday, the low temperature disaster has caused the direct economic loss of our city to rise to 568 million yuan.


  Start the first special major warning.


  Yesterday, with the continuation of the disaster, the municipal government launched the "Emergency Plan for Sudden Meteorological Disasters in Chongqing", and the early warning level was particularly serious meteorological disasters.


  It is understood that this is the first time in the history of the city’s emergency office to launch an emergency plan for particularly serious meteorological disasters.


  At the same time, the municipal government decided to urgently allocate 48.3 million yuan of living relief subsidies for victims and 8,000 beds of disaster-relief quilts to help the needy people in the disaster-stricken areas solve their living difficulties in winter and spring and the current snowstorm.


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  After the 1980s.


  There are only four snowfalls in the main city.


  The meteorological records of Shapingba monitoring station (which mainly records the meteorological conditions in the main city) from 1950 to now show that the snowfall in the main city of Chongqing was the highest in the 1950s, with 14 snowfalls in eight years. The 1970s was followed by 13 snowfalls in five years. Since the 1980s, there have been only four snowfalls in 1980, 1984, 1991 and yesterday.


  -Launching emergency plans for meteorological disasters of particularly serious magnitude.


  Relevant departments at all levels have entered an emergency state;


  The affected areas and counties launched emergency plans and strengthened emergency duty.


  -Enter the secondary meteorological emergency response state.


  Implement a 24-hour foreman system;


  Submit the actual weather to China Meteorological Bureau before 8: 30 every day;


  Report the work to China Meteorological Bureau before 17: 00 every day;


  Report all kinds of major emergencies at any time.


  Small data


  Meteorological disasters are divided into four levels.


  Meteorological disasters in our city are divided into general meteorological disasters (Grade IV), major meteorological disasters (Grade III), major meteorological disasters (Grade II) and particularly major meteorological disasters.


  Particularly serious meteorological disasters refer to:


  1. Meteorological disasters in which extreme weather and climate, such as particularly heavy rain and heavy snow, affect a large area of more than 50 square kilometers, causing more than 30 deaths or economic losses of more than 50 million yuan;


  2. Extreme weather and climate events or extremely disastrous weather processes occur in many counties (autonomous counties);


  3 extreme weather and climate events that may have a significant impact on the economy and society of our city in most areas of our city.


  Early warning signal interpretation


  -Blizzard warning signal


  Blue: within 12 hours, the snowfall will reach more than 4 mm, or it has reached more than 4 mm and the snowfall continues, which may have an impact on traffic or agriculture and animal husbandry.


  Yellow: The snowfall will reach more than 6 mm within 12 hours, or it has reached more than 6 mm and the snowfall continues, which may have an impact on traffic or agriculture and animal husbandry.


  Orange: within 6 hours, the snowfall will reach more than 10 mm, or it has reached more than 10 mm and the snowfall continues, which may or has already had a great impact on traffic or agriculture and animal husbandry.


  Red: The snowfall will reach more than 15mm within 6 hours, or it has reached more than 15mm and the snowfall continues, which may or has had a great impact on traffic or agriculture and animal husbandry.


  -Road icing warning signal


  Yellow: When the road surface temperature is lower than 0℃, precipitation will occur, and road icing may occur within 12 hours.


  Orange: When the road surface temperature is lower than 0℃, precipitation will occur, and roads that have a great impact on traffic may freeze within 6 hours.


  Red: The road surface temperature is lower than 0℃, precipitation occurs, and road icing that has a great influence on traffic may occur or has occurred within 2 hours.


Editor: Yin Wei

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