[The Epoch Times, August 29, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Xu Jian comprehensive report) just suffered a rare summerheat waveanddroughtofSichuanThe area was hit by heavy rains once more, which may bring flood risks. By Monday (August 29), nearly 120,000 people in the area were emergencytransferto a safe area.
According to the weather forecast, from 8:00 on the 29th to 8:00 on the 30th, southern Shaanxi,SichuanThere are heavy or heavy rains in the eastern and southwestern parts of the basin, western and northern Chongqing, central and western Henan, southern Shandong, and central and northern Jiangsu.
Chongqing, which is located in a hilly area that also overlooks the surrounding mountains and countryside, issued a flash flood warning for two consecutive days. Flash floods have occurred in 11 cities including Chengdu and Guangyuan.
But the official Xinhua news agency said the CCP’s meteorological agency still maintained a “high temperature” in many parts of southern China.drought” orange warning. It is recommended to strictly save water and use emergency water sources to supply people and animals.
The Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Bureau said Monday that 119,000 people in Sichuan have been killedtransferto a safer place. Mianyang, Guangyuan, Aba and other places have reported that at least 3,600 people were affected, but no news of geological disasters has been reported so far.
18.8 centimeters (7.4 inches) of rain were recorded in Yanhai Village, Lijiang Town, Cangxi County, which is part of Guangyuan City, one of the two worst-affected cities in Sichuan by drought.
The Sichuan Provincial Hydrology Center stated that due to the recent high temperature and drought, the water volume of major rivers in the province is seriously low, and the Longmen Mountains and Western Sichuan Plateau in this round of heavy rainfall will experience “drastic changes in droughts and floods”, which will easily lead to mountain streams and rivers. Rivers flooded, causing geological disasters.
On the evening of the 28th, the Chongqing Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau launched a level IV emergency response to flood and drought disasters (floods) in 14 districts and counties including Chengkou, Wushan, and Wuxi, demanding that the bottom line of no casualties be kept.
Changes in the weather have eased the hot weather. After two weeks of power cuts due to reduced electricity, CCTV claimed on its website that with the drop in temperature, rainfall to replenish power generation reservoirs, and household demand for air conditioners, Sichuan’s electricity shortage has been reduced. The situation gradually eased.
However, the problem of electricity consumption has not been completely solved. Zhao Hong, director of the Marketing Department of the Sichuan Electric Power Company of the CCP Power Grid, said that the daily electricity consumption of residents has dropped from a maximum of 473 million kWh to 340 million kWh, adding that “the contradiction between power supply and demand in Sichuan will be reduced. It will be basically resolved in the next 3 days.”
The decline in electricity production has prompted Sichuan utilities to ramp up the use of coal-fired power plants, which have jumped from 10 percent to 25 percent of electricity generation, with 67 power stations operating at full capacity, according to China’s Caixin.
Responsible editor: Ye Ziwei#
