Torrential rains in Hunan province evacuated 800,000 people affected over 7000 people | rainstorm _ news
China News Agency, Changsha, July 4 (Xinhua Fu Yu) new round of reproduction in Hunan province flood caused by heavy rains, the victims now stands at 807,000 people. Latest statistics from the Hunan provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, 4th at 16 o'clock, 480 million yuan of direct economic losses due to disaster in Hunan, 7559 people had been evacuated.
Reporters from the worst-hit Hunan province Luxi County, was informed that, as at 16 o'clock on that day, paragraph 319 national highway Luxi size, slope and roadbed collapse danger due to heavy rains occur over more than 30 sites.
This round of rainfall since July 3 effects of Hunan of Hunan and North of the region. 3rd, at 8 o'clock to 4th, at 8 o'clock, Hunan 24.1 mm average rainfall, storm center of xiangxi autonomous prefecture, changde, yiyang, three places, maximum rainfall of yuanling County 190.5 mm AO ping station.
Under the influence of heavy rainfall, Hunan river water levels began to rise rapidly. Miluo River in Yueyang city in pingjiang station 3rd Super 1.29-meter flood peak water level of police appear at 6 o'clock, yuanshui secondary branch donghe rising faster, hanshou in Dongting Lake area, Taoyuan, Yuanjiang, in some counties, such as waterlogging, Nan grave.
Luxi County, territory of continuous heavy rain led to a number of road pavement subgrade collapse and slope water, landslides and other hazards, paragraph 319 national highway Luxi multiple landslides, traffic was interrupted. In paragraph 319 national highway wash Brook pond Brook, less than a 4 within 1 km of the highway roadbed collapse danger road at one point is only 1 m wide, landslide is about more than more than 50,000 cubic meters.
Facing a serious flood, flood control of Hunan provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, 3rd at 22 o'clock emergency boot grade IV emergency response, yiyang, Huaihua of mangtangxi, Liao Jiaping reservoirs were released in advance, such as advance release.
4th, Hunan provincial meteorological observatory rainstorm Orange alert sounded, is expected today and tomorrow for the strongest periods of rainfall, in the North of Hunan province's "main" area now heavy rain, or induced by medium and small rivers flood, waterlogging in urban and rural areas and mountain torrents, landslides and mud-rock flows and other disasters.
(Original title: more than 800,000 people were affected more than 30 of 319 national highway caused by torrential rains in Hunan province collapsed)
(Edit: SN123)
23:48 on July 04, 2014 China News Network
