China released 丨 In July, my country ’s natural disasters caused a total of 16.92 million people with direct economic losses of 28.59 billion yuan

China Net, August 17 (Reporter Wu Jiazhen) On the 17th, the emergency management department held a press conference on the 17th. Shen Zhanli, a spokesman for the emergency management department and director of the Journalism Department, notified the national natural disaster and production safety situation in July. Bleak

On August 17, the Emergency Management Department held a press conference. Shen Zhanli, a spokesman for the emergency management department and director of the Department of Journalism, introduced the relevant situation. Photo by Dong Ning of China Net

In July, my country's natural disasters were mainly floods and hails. Droughts, typhoons, earthquakes, geological disasters, and forest fires also occurred to varying degrees. A total of 16.92 million people were affected by various natural disasters, and 90 people were disappeared due to disaster death, and the direct economic loss was 28.59 billion yuan.

The flood disasters were in the north and south, and the Liaoning and Sichuan borders were relatively heavy. A total of 10 strong convection weather in the country has more than the same period than the same year. The hail disasters are wide and wide, and the lightning strike incidents are more prominent. The number of typhoons is small, and the typhoon "Siam" is the first typhoon to land in my country this year, which has a wide range of influence, long duration, and large rainfall. The number of high -temperature days is more than the same period of the same year. Staged drought in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and other places. A total of two earthquakes above 5.0 or above occurred in mainland China, which did not cause casualties.

In July, the national safety production situation was relatively stable. A total of 1912 production safety accidents occurred and 1609 deaths. Various accidents, major accidents, major accidents and deaths of various types in the country decreased year -on -year. From the perspective of typical accidents, some hidden dangers are still more prominent.

Major hidden dangers in the mine field are not in place, and the problem of illegal mining is outstanding. On July 23, a major accident in the slope collapse of Baiyin Hongsheng Coal Industry Co., Ltd., Gansu, died of 10 people. Large accidents, causing casualties. There are many major accidents on road transportation, and 7 of them have become large cargo accidents. In addition, summer travel has increased, and tourism passenger risks have concentrated. The frequent explosion of gas leakage explosions has occurred, and some places illegal construction leads to gas leakage, and the maintenance and use of gas equipment in production and operation places and residential communities is prominent. There are many disasters caused by extreme weather, especially in the tourist scenic spot's inadequate safety measures lead to dangerous tourists, and water transport adventure and navigation operations cause casualties.

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