Typhoon No. 11 "Xuan Lannuo" effectively relieves drought in some areas of Zhejiang

Zhejiang News Customer Reporter Zhu Cheng Correspondent Merlin Rong

Typhoon No. 11, the gradually far away, brought a large range of heavy rainfall to Zhejiang. According to the analysis of Zhejiang water conservancy experts, this wave of precipitation effectively alleviated the water conservancy and drought in Ningbo, Shaoxing, Zhoushan and other areas.

It is reported that in the early stage, due to the sun and hot rain, some places in Zhejiang were heavy. The water storage rate of large and medium -sized reservoirs in Ningbo, Taizhou, Shaoxing, and Zhoushan was less than 60%. After the "Xuan Lan Nuo" was generated on August 28, it quickly developed into a super typhoon. Due to the joint influence of typhoons and cold air, Ningbo, Zhoushan, and Shaoxing were heavy rain.

Data show that during the impact of typhoons, the province's rainfall was 43.4 mm. About 35%of the province's area in the province exceeds 50 mm, of which 3 cities have rainfall more than 100 mm, which are Ningbo 144.6 mm, Shaoxing City 127.8 mm, and 108.7 mm in Zhoushan City.

Affected by the precipitation, the total amount of water storage of large and medium -sized reservoirs in the province was currently 24.338 billion cubic meters, an increase of 170 million cubic meters from the typhoon impact, and the water storage rate was 74.5%, an increase of 0.6%. Thanks to the common impact of the typhoon rainfall and cold air, the province's water conservancy and drought effects have effectively relieved. The stressful population in the province has decreased from 146,000 to 68,000. More than 140 days.

However, it is worth noting that during this typhoon influence, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Luzhou, Lishui and other places with water conservancy and drought in the early stage did not have a large range of effective rainfall, and drought still continued. Meteorological prediction in September Zhejiang continued to be high in temperature and low precipitation. Droughtness may continue to develop, and the situation of Fuqiu and drought.

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