At present the analysis of the four major attention points of flood prevention and drought resistance in my country -Director of the Department of Water Drought Disaster Defense of the Ministry of Water Resources

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 28th: ​​Analysis of the four major attention points of flood prevention and drought resistance in my country

Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Shiping

Recently, floods and droughts have occurred in southern and north of my country. What is the current flood and drought in the south? What will happen to the national flood and drought in the future? How to do the current flood prevention and drought resistance? On the 28th, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency interviewed Yao Wenguang, the director of the Ministry of Water Disaster Disaster Defense of the Ministry of Water Resources.

Follow: The small and medium -sized rivers in the Pearl River Basin may occur again in the near future.

Q: Why is the Pearl River Basin more serious this year? What will happen next?

Yao Wenguang: From late May to mid -June, the Pearl River Basin continuously appeared in 7 consecutive heavy rainfall. The rainyst was relatively concentrated, and the heavy rain intensity was large and the accumulated rainfall was large. Affected by heavy rainfall, the Pearl River has two large floods in the basin. 6 times of floods appeared in the Xijiang and Beijiangs of the Xijiang and Beijiangs. There was a large flood in the Beijiang River. A total of 227 rivers occurred above the flood above the water level.

Through a series of flood prevention and flood resistance measures, the West River and Beijiang water levels of the Pearl River Basin have retreated all the way below the alert water level, and the flood conditions are stable. It is estimated that from June 28th to 30th, there may still be strong rainfall in the upper and middle reaches of the Pearl River Basin. The dry flow and tributary Liujiang, Guijiang, and Yujiang in the Xijiang River in Guangxi may occur again.

Next, the Pearl River Basin will enter the typhoon season, which requires the focus on the regional heavy rain and flood caused by typhoons.

Follow: The Yangtze River and Songhua River may occur in regional heavy rain and floods in July and August

Question: Compared with previous years, what is the overall situation of rain and water in the country this year? Which watches need to be focused on?

Yao Wenguang: This year, my country's flood on March 17, 15 days earlier than usual. Since the flood in the flood, there have been more rainfall nationwide, and the floods have been frequent. There were 417 rivers in the provinces, autonomous regions, and cities above over the flood of over -police, which was 80 % of the same value since the same period since 1998.

It is predicted that from July to August, there are many extreme weather events in my country, and regional floods and drought are heavier than usual. During this period, the rain north, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Haihe, Huaihe, Liaohe, and the Han River of the Yangtze River Basin may occur. The Yangtze River, Pearl River, Songhua River, and Taihu Basin may occur in regional heavy rain floods. At the same time, staged drought may occur in the southern part of Central China, southeast of the southwest, northwest, and northwestern parts of the northwest.

Follow 3: Flood prevention must also solve some weak links and risk points

Question: For the northern region, the most critical period of "seven or eight" (from the second half of July to the first half of August) is still behind. What weak links and risk points are there in flood prevention?

Yao Wenguang: At present, there are some weak links and risk points in the flood control work in the country: some rivers lack of flood control control projects, and some rivers have not met the design standards; the safety flood pressure of the diseased reservoir is large, and some small and medium reservoir have insufficient flood reducing capacity; local areas are short. The accuracy of extreme rainstorm forecasting is not high, and some northern rivers flood forecasting is difficult; some grass -roots cadres and masses have insufficient awareness and alertness of the sudden and disastrous understanding of the floods and floods; Some people have insufficient self -rescue and mutual rescue capabilities.

Question: How to solve these weak links and risk points?

Yao Wenguang: First of all, to improve the defense ability. Accelerate the improvement of the rolling engineering system consisting of river channels and embankments, reservoirs, and flood storage areas. Implement the main tributaries and small and medium -sized river governance to maintain smooth river channels. Accelerate the construction of the rain emotions, water love reports and dam safety monitoring facilities of small reservoirs.

At the same time, strengthen predictions, early warning, preview, and planning measures. Strengthen the joint scheduling of water conservancy projects in the basin, and strengthen the inspection and defense of the river embankment.

Safety the safety of the reservoir and the safety of the flood, the main flood season of the diseased reservoir will be operated in principle, and resolutely avoid the dam of the reservoir. Do a good job in the defense of floods and flood disasters in small and medium -sized rivers, strengthen the monitoring of rain and water information information, timely issue early warning, and strive to achieve "measured accurate, reported, appropriate", and timely and decisively organize dangerous district personnel to transfer risks.

Increase education and training, and accelerate the improvement of the business capabilities of grass -roots flood control personnel. Strengthen popular science propaganda, improve the ability of disaster prevention and hedging, and self -rescue and mutual rescue.

Following 4: The drought in the northern part of the northern area may continue

Question: At present, what is the drought in northern my country and will it worsen in the future?

Yao Wenguang: At present, some areas of northern my country have arid and developed rapidly, mainly concentrated in Inner Mongolia, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces. In response to the drought conditions of the four provinces and regions, the Ministry of Water Resources launched a drought defense level IV emergency response on June 25, and sent three working groups to the front line of Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Gansu to assist in guiding drought resistance.

At the same time, the backbone projects such as the small waves of the Yellow River, the Longyang Gorge, and Liujiaxia are finely scheduled to provide convenient conditions for the diversion of the water along the river and the irrigation area. Organize the scientific management and drought resistance of water sources such as rivers, rivers, lakes, and libraries throughout the dry areas of the dry areas to provide water sources for the lives and agricultural production of the masses to ensure the safety of the people drinking water.

Recently, there are obvious rainfall process in Henan and other places, which is very beneficial to relieving drought. In the future, the rainfall in western Inner Mongolia, central and northern Shaanxi, Gansu and other places will not be large, and drought may continue to or develop.

In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will continue to pay close attention to the development of drought in the northern region, scientifically dispatch water conservancy projects, strengthen various drought resistance measures, make every effort to ensure the safety of the people drinking water, and strive to ensure the demand for agricultural irrigation water.[Editor in charge: Zhou Chuqing]

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