Heavy rains in Jiangxi caused 100,000 people affected by the Ganjiang River flood No. 1 formed

Recently, heavy rains fell in many provinces in the south of the mainland. Among them, Jiangxi Province continues to receive heavy rainfall and the Ganjiang River No. 1 flood of 2021 formed in the middle reaches on May 20. Flooding has led to 102,000 people affected in seven cities in Jiangxi.

Comprehensive land media reports, according to the Jiangxi Provincial Hydrological Monitoring Center news, by continued heavy rainfall, May 20, 22:00, the Ganjiang River Ji’an hydrological station water level rose to 50.5 meters, according to “Jiangxi Province, the main river flood numbering regulations (for trial implementation)”, the Ganjiang River 2021 flood No. 1 in the middle reaches of the formation.

According to the report, since May, there have been 5 significant rainfall in Jiangxi, and the rainfall is 20% more than the multi-year average; the water level of 5 major rivers and some stations of Poyang Lake in Jiangxi have risen, among which 3 stations have been over warning flood.

According to statistics, as of 22:00 on May 20, the flooding from May 19 led to 102,000 people affected in 26 counties (cities and districts) of 7 cities in Pingxiang, Xinyu, Yichun, Shangrao, Ji’an, Fuzhou and Ganzhou, according to the Emergency Management Department of Jiangxi Province.

4,023 people were emergency sheltered and transferred, 5,700 hectares of crops were affected, 388 hectares of crops were extinguished, 35 households and 68 houses were collapsed and severely damaged, 234 households and 373 houses were generally damaged, and the direct economic loss was 100 million yuan (RMB, the same below).

Guangdong Province has also received heavy rainfall in recent days, causing flooding.

According to Guangdong emergency management WeChat public news, from the night of May 19 to the afternoon of May 20, Guangdong Shaoguan north, Qingyuan north, Zhaoqing Huaiji are heavy rain to heavy rain, Shaoguan milk source is now extraordinarily heavy rain.

Shaoguan official sources said that as of 6:00 p.m. on May 20, Shaoguan had more than 16,000 people affected, more than 1,400 people needed to be evacuated, 1,027 people were resettled in an emergency, more than 700 houses were damaged, nearly 4,300 hectares of crops were affected, and direct economic losses reached 960 million yuan.

In addition, the Shaoguan Meteorological Bureau issued a red alert for heavy rain at 5:41 a.m. on the 20th, and schools were closed in Wujiang, Zhenjiang, Qujiang and Luyuan districts of the city. Shaoguan part of the river backed up the situation, there through Shaoguan trains were delayed as a result.