2023-05-22 09:58:02
Guilin, Guangxi, mainland China experienced heavy rain today (22nd). (Picture / flip from Weibo)
Heavy rain fell in Guilin, Guangxi, China today (22nd). The local meteorological station issued a red rainstorm warning signal in the early morning, indicating that in the past 1 hour, heavy rainfall of regarding 50 mm had occurred in Diecai District and Xiufeng District. Rainfall has accumulated to 300 millimeters. According to the video footage released by local residents, many roads in the urban area are seriously flooded, cars are regarding to float, and even the stairs of residential houses have directly turned into waterfalls.
China’s weather data shows that Guilin Station (05-06) received 84.6 millimeters of rainfall in one hour and 134.9 millimeters in two hours (05-07). According to the classification of rainfall in the mainland, a 24-hour precipitation reaching or exceeding 50 millimeters is a heavy rain, and reaching or exceeding 100 millimeters is a heavy rain; and the rain in Guilin in the morning is equivalent to condensing the 24-hour rainfall from heavy rain to heavy rain to 2 hours Finished in one breath.
At 5:55 a.m. today, Guilin City has launched a level-IV emergency response to flood disasters. Some rivers in the rainstorm area may experience super-alarm floods. It is expected that in the next 24 hours, the water level will rise by regarding 2 meters in the section of the Lijiang River from Guilin City to Lijiang Yangshuo County. .
According to the video footage released by local residents, many roads in the urban area are seriously flooded, and cars are regarding to float. The water level in most streets directly submerges half of the car body, and the stairs of some houses have directly turned into waterfalls. The rainfall is astonishing. At present, the Guilin Municipal Education Bureau has notified the education bureaus of all counties (cities, districts) and schools directly under the city to suspend classes in a timely manner according to their own flooding conditions. Affected by the heavy rain, 371 schools in Guilin have been closed this morning.
On the other hand, the government also immediately issued a warning, calling on the public to reduce going out, close doors and windows, and find a safe place to avoid disasters in a timely manner. Guangxi Meteorology reminded that there was a strong rainfall process in Guangxi before the 25th. There were moderate to heavy rains in eastern Guangxi and most of the coast, local heavy rains or heavy rains, local mountain torrents in eastern Guangxi, and meteorological risk levels in small and medium-sized river basins in northeastern Guangxi. Be vigilant and strengthen your defenses.
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