Heavy rain is coming! These preventive measures have been put in place in Henan.

Cctv news(Reporter Wang Ruxi): On the 21st, there were obvious rainy weather in parts of the central and western Sichuan Basin, the eastern part of the northwest, the western part of Huanghuai, the eastern part of the south of the Yangtze River and the northeast. According to the latest forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, on the 22nd, there were heavy rains in parts of northeastern Sichuan Basin, northwestern Chongqing and central Henan, and there were heavy rains in central Henan.

The Henan Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a red rainstorm warning at 13: 20 on August 22, 2021. It is estimated that in the next three hours, the accumulated precipitation in Pingdingshan, Luohe and Xuchang, the southern part of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, the northern part of Nanyang and the western part of Zhoukou will reach more than 100 mm. According to the actual precipitation ranking of the Central Meteorological Observatory, at 15: 00 on the 22nd, Henan accounted for 8 places in the top ten precipitation areas in China.

On the evening of August 21, many citizens in Zhengzhou parked their private cars on the viaduct in response to the rainstorm. In response, the Zhengzhou traffic police said: "The traffic police department will not illegally handle the temporary parking of vehicles on roads and viaducts due to emergency flood control, reminding the general public not to affect road traffic as much as possible when parking vehicles. After the rainstorm, it is necessary to transfer the vehicles to a position that does not affect traffic in time."

At noon on August 22, Zhengzhou City Defense Office issued a notice requesting 67 bridges and culverts tunnels and 23 small railway bridges and culverts in the urban area to start measures to block traffic and implement traffic control. According to Zhengzhou traffic police, at present, the entrances and exits of the third section of the Beijing-Guangzhou tunnel, the future road tunnel and the Hongzhuan road tunnel have been closed, and the duty personnel are on duty. After the rain increased, Zhengzhou traffic police arranged all police forces to arrive at key intersections and road sections such as culverts, bridges, ponding points, underpass tunnels, etc. to carry out traffic security work, set up warning tape at any time according to the rainfall situation, put warning signs and reflective cones, and fully cooperate with relevant departments to carry out drainage rescue operations.

Moreover, in response to heavy rainfall, China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. stopped 59 passenger trains for one day from 0: 00 on August 22. Among them, there are 14 through buses and 45 in-line buses. According to the official Weibo news of Zhengzhou Public Transport Corporation and the No.6 Order of Zhengzhou Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, all bus lines in Zhengzhou stopped operating on the 22nd and 23rd.

On August 21, the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters of xinzheng city, Henan Province issued an emergency notice, saying that from 18: 00 on August 21 to 12: 00 on August 23, the whole city took emergency measures to avoid risks. Except for emergency rescue and people’s livelihood security personnel, the whole city stopped work, suspended classes, stopped production, closed business and stopped business. Enterprises that are temporarily unable to stop production due to special reasons should report to the Municipal Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in time and take emergency preventive measures.

According to the official news from Weibo, Propaganda Department of Zhengzhou Xingyang Municipal Committee, Xingyang City has started flood control level I response since 14: 00 on August 21, 2021. All enterprises involved in high temperature and high pressure will stop production, all outdoor operations will stop, shops along the street, underground shopping malls will stop business, all public transport will stop, and scenic spots, dangerous roads and underground culverts in its jurisdiction will be closed. For people living in dangerous areas such as mountain flood geological disaster areas, dangerous reservoirs, downstream of warping dams, low-lying areas prone to waterlogging, damaged houses, etc., organize in advance to avoid risks and move to safe areas.

According to the forecast of the meteorological department, the strongest rainfall in Zhengzhou may occur in the afternoon to the first half of the night. In this regard, Zhengzhou has launched a Class II flood control response. Up to now, Zhengzhou has urgently transferred 240,000 people to avoid danger, and the local rainfall is still going on. All relevant departments are also waiting for it.