2019 Top Ten Natural Disasters Released What are natural disasters?

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Top Ten Natural Disasters in 2019

1. Super Typhoon No. 1909 “Lekima”

Super Typhoon No. 1909 “Lekima” in 2019 It formed in the ocean east of the Philippines at 9:00 on August 4, 2018. It intensified into a severe tropical storm level at 18:00 on the 5th. It intensified into a typhoon level at 21:00 on the 6th. It intensified into a severe typhoon level at 9:00 on the 7th. It intensified into a severe typhoon level at 15:00 on the 7th. It is a super typhoon level. It rapidly intensified from severe tropical storm level to super typhoon level within 24 hours.

At 1:45 on August 10, "Lekima" made landfall along the coast of Wenling City, Zhejiang Province. When it landed, the maximum wind force near the center was level 16 (52 meters/second), and the minimum air pressure at the center was 930 Hectopascal. Afterwards, it made landfall for the second time along the coast of Qingdao City, Shandong Province at 20:50 on the 11th. At the time of landing, the maximum wind force near the center was level 9 (23 meters/second), and the lowest pressure at the center was 980 hPa. At 00:00 on the 13th, it weakened to Tropical depression, the Central Meteorological Observatory stopped numbering it at 6:00 on the 13th.

According to statistics, super typhoon "Lekima" is the fifth most powerful super typhoon to land in mainland my country since 1949. It caused severe damage to Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Liaoning, Shanghai, 14.024 million people were affected in 403 counties (cities and districts) in 64 cities in 9 provinces (cities), Fujian, Hebei, and Jilin. 66 people died and 4 were missing due to the disaster. 2.097 million people were relocated in an emergency; 15,000 houses collapsed, and 133,000 people were relocated. Damage to varying degrees occurred over time; the affected area of ??crops was 1,137,000 hectares, of which 93.5,000 hectares had no harvest; direct economic losses were 51.53 billion yuan.

2. Flood disasters in 6 provinces (regions) including Guangxi, Guangdong, and Jiangxi in early and mid-June

From June 6 to 13, 2019, sustained severe floods occurred in Jiangnan, northern South China, and other places. Rainfall weather process. Among them, the cumulative rainfall exceeded 100 mm in central and southern Hunan, Jiangxi, southern Zhejiang, Fujian, northern Guangxi, central and eastern Guangdong, Guilin and Liuzhou in Guangxi, Ji'an, Ganzhou, Fuzhou and Shangrao in Jiangxi, Quzhou in Zhejiang, Nanping, Sanming and Longyan in Fujian , Guangzhou, Heyuan, Shaoguan and other places in Guangdong Province have 250-400 mm of rainfall. Among them, the maximum rainfall is 832 mm in Guilin, Guangxi and 758 mm in Ji'an, Jiangxi.

This heavy rainfall caused Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and other places to suffer disasters such as floods, wind hail, landslides, mudslides, etc., causing 249 deaths in 45 cities (autonomous prefectures) in the above-mentioned 6 provinces (regions). 5.778 million people in counties (cities and districts) were affected by the disaster, 91 people died, 7 people were missing, 421,000 people were urgently relocated, and 182,000 people needed emergency living assistance; 19,000 houses collapsed and 83,000 were damaged to varying degrees; the area of ??crops affected 419.4 thousand hectares, of which 602,000 hectares had no harvest; direct economic losses were 23.18 billion yuan.

3. The "7·23" huge landslide disaster in Shuicheng, Guizhou

At about 21:20 on July 23, 2019, Pingdi, Jichang Town, Shuicheng County, Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province A huge landslide occurred in the Cunchagou Group. The area of ??the landslide was about 2 million square meters, causing nearly 1,600 people to be affected. 43 people died and 9 people were missing. More than 700 people were urgently relocated and more than 600 people needed emergency assistance; more than 100 houses collapsed. , more than 2,300 rooms were damaged to varying degrees; direct economic losses were 190 million yuan.

4. Sichuan’s “August 20” heavy rainfall and extremely large flash floods and debris flow disasters

From August 19 to 22, 2019, the cumulative rainfall in the western Sichuan Basin was 50-200 mm, Chengdu , Ya'an, Aba Prefecture, Leshan, Mianyang and other areas reached 250-400 mm, and Chengdu Dayi County and Qionglai City, Ya'an Lushan County 418-567 mm. The rainfall lasted for a long time and the rainfall was relatively concentrated, causing flash floods and mudslides in some areas.

The disaster affected 446,000 people in 35 counties (cities, districts) in 9 cities (autonomous prefectures) including Aba, Ya'an, and Leshan. 26 people died, 19 people were missing, 73,000 people were urgently relocated, and 47,000 people were relocated. People need emergency living assistance; more than 1,000 houses collapsed and 15,000 were damaged to varying degrees; the affected area of ??crops was 148,000 hectares, of which 22,000 hectares had no harvest; some roads, water conservancy, electricity and other infrastructure in the disaster area were seriously damaged, with direct economic losses of 158.9 billion.

5. Floods in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in early and mid-July

From July 3 to 17, 2019, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River suffered two consecutive rounds of heavy rainfall. Among them, in July From the 3rd to the 10th, the heaviest rainfall since the flood season occurred in the south, with continuous rainfall breakthroughs at four stations in Jiangxi Pingxiang (497.3 mm), Xiajiang (461.4 mm), Hunan Leiyang (396 mm), and Hengdong (348.4 mm). historical extreme value.

Floods exceeding the warning level occurred in the Jiujiang to Datong reaches of the main stream of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, and many tributaries. Among them, the Xiangjiang River experienced a catastrophic flood that occurred once in more than 50 years.

The disaster affected 10.319 million people in 196 counties (cities and districts) in 31 cities (autonomous prefectures) in Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan provinces, with 37 deaths, 3 missing, and 1.149 million emergency relocations; 21,000 houses collapsed, and 2.2 Ten thousand houses were seriously damaged and 74,000 houses were generally damaged; the affected area of ??crops was 776.9 thousand hectares, of which 171 thousand hectares had no harvest; direct economic losses were 32.43 billion yuan.

6. Continuous droughts in summer, autumn and winter in the southern region

Since May 2019, due to the continuous high temperature and lack of rain, soil moisture loss has been serious, and parts of Jianghan and Jiangnan have experienced consecutive droughts in summer, autumn and winter. Especially since late July, the average precipitation in Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anhui has been more than 60% less than the historical average for the same period, and the cumulative rainfall in Hunan has been more than 50% less than the historical average for the same period.

According to statistics, drought disasters have affected 32.635 million people in 67 cities (autonomous prefectures) and 387 counties (cities and districts) in 6 provinces, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan, and 6.776 million people have been affected by drought. Living assistance is needed, of which 2.953 million people need assistance due to drought and difficulty in drinking water; the affected area of ??crops is 3310.1 thousand hectares, of which 475.1 thousand hectares have no harvest; 112,000 large livestock have difficulty in drinking water; direct economic losses are 18.99 billion yuan.

7. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Changning, Sichuan

At 22:55 on June 17, 2019, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Changning County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province (28.34 degrees north latitude, 104.9 degrees east longitude) magnitude earthquake, with a focal depth of 16 kilometers. Since then, four aftershocks of magnitude 5 or above occurred successively. The earthquake disaster affected 359,000 people in 16 counties (cities and districts) in Yibin and Leshan, Sichuan Province. 13 people died, 95,000 people were urgently relocated, more than 3,500 houses collapsed, and 223,000 houses were damaged to varying degrees, resulting in direct economic losses. 5.62 billion yuan.

8. "March 30" forest fire in Muli, Sichuan

At 18:26 on March 30, 2019, a forest fire broke out in Muli County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province. On the afternoon of March 31, 689 commanders and fighters from the Liangshan Prefecture Detachment of the Sichuan Forest Fire Corps and local firefighting team members launched a firefighting operation in the virgin forest at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. During the fire-fighting operation, affected by the sudden change in wind direction, combustible gas suddenly exploded in the forest, causing the death of 27 forest firefighting commanders and four local cadres.

9. "March 15" landslide disaster in Xiangning, Shanxi

At about 18:10 on March 15, 2019, north of Zaoling Township Health Center, Xiangning County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province A landslide occurred on the side of the city, causing the collapse of a family building (for 6 households) in a health center, a family building (for 8 households) at a credit union, and a small bathing center, causing more than 100 people to be affected, 20 people to die, and more than 100 people to be relocated in an emergency. 100 houses collapsed, causing direct economic losses of more than 21 million yuan.

10. Snow disasters in Yushu, Qinghai and other places

At the beginning of 2019, there were 12 consecutive significant snowfalls in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The amount of snowfall and the number of days of heavy snowfall reached the highest level in the same period in local history. The number of snowfall days The longest in history, it caused continuous snow accumulation, with the maximum snow depth reaching 22 centimeters, causing the death of a large number of livestock and interrupting roads in some towns and villages in Yushu and Goluo. The snowstorm caused 207,000 people in 13 counties of Yushu, Guoluo, and Haixi Autonomous Prefectures to be affected and required emergency living assistance, 53,000 livestock died, and direct economic losses were 210 million yuan.

What are natural disasters

Natural disasters refer to natural phenomena that bring harm to human survival or damage the human living environment, including drought, high temperature, low temperature, cold wave, flood, flash flood, Typhoon, tornado, flame tornado, hail, wind hail, frost, heavy rain, blizzard, freezing rain, heavy fog, strong wind, ice, haze, haze, earthquake, tsunami, mudslide, floating dust, blowing sand, sandstorm, lightning, thunderstorm, Ball lightning, volcanic eruptions, etc.