China Deploys Emergency Response to Heavy Rainfall Disasters

Heavy rainfall has caused record-breaking heavy rainfall and flood risks in several provinces of China, prompting the Ministry of Natural Resources to hold an emergency consultation meeting on July 27. The meeting aimed to deploy work on preventing geological disasters caused by the heavy rainfall. The China Meteorological Administration has issued a geological disaster meteorological risk warning, indicating high risks of geological disasters in parts of northern and central Hebei, parts of central and northern Shanxi, and other areas. The Ministry of Natural Resources has required local authorities to tighten disaster prevention measures, conduct full coverage inspections and investigations of hidden danger points and risk areas, and implement personnel evacuation plans.

Key Takeaways:

• The Ministry of Natural Resources held a consultation meeting on July 27 to deploy work on preventing geological disasters caused by heavy rainfall in eight provinces.
• Heavy rainfall has caused record-breaking rainfall and flood risks in Hebei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Shaanxi, and other provinces.
• The China Meteorological Administration has issued a geological disaster meteorological risk warning for several provinces, indicating high risks of geological disasters.
• Local authorities have been required to tighten disaster prevention measures, conduct inspections and investigations, and implement personnel evacuation plans.
• The Ministry emphasized the need for "more sweat before the disaster and less tears after the disaster" and required authorities to implement the "three avoidances" and "three emergency evacuations" requirements.
• The disaster response requires tight collaboration between natural resources departments, industry authorities, grassroots cadres, and masses to prevent geological disasters.

Statistics:

• The heavy rainfall has caused record-breaking rainfall in some areas.
• The risk of geological disasters is high in parts of northern and central Hebei, parts of central and northern Shanxi, and other areas.
• The China Meteorological Administration has issued a geological disaster meteorological risk warning from 12:00 on July 27 to 12:00 on July 28.

Sources:

• China Natural Resources News
• State Council of the People's Republic of China