Text: Yangcheng Evening News reporter Liu Kehong.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management that recently, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with a number of departments and units, conducted a consultation and analysis of the national natural disaster situation in November 2023.
In November, China's natural disasters were mainly hailstorms, low-temperature freezing and snow disasters, and floods, droughts, geological disasters and forest fires also occurred to varying degrees. A total of 90,000 people were affected to varying degrees by various natural disasters, and no one died or went missing due to the disasterMore than 30 houses collapsed, and 1 house was damaged90,000 rooms;The area of crops affected was 64,000 hectares;Direct economic loss 1900 million yuan.
The main characteristics of natural disasters in the country in November are:
1. The central, eastern and northeastern regions encountered a cold wave weather process.
In November, there were frequent cold air activities affecting China, with a total of 5 cold air processes of moderate intensity or above, slightly more than that of the same period in normal years. Among them, the 6th and 7th were the nationwide cold wave weather process, which brought severe cooling, strong winds and a wide range of rain and snow to the central and eastern parts of China, and the cooling range in some areas exceeded 16;
Northeast China and eastern Inner Mongolia have strong snowfall weather, snowfall has a certain extremity, compared with the same period of the year, the snow cover is 5 30 cm deeper, resulting in 110,000 people were affected by the disaster to varying degrees, some houses and sheds were damaged, nearly 200 large livestock died due to the disaster, and vegetables in the shed were slightly frozen, with a direct economic loss of more than 6,700 yuan, and a great impact on local transportation, energy and residents' lives.
Second, there was continuous rainy weather in southern China and other places, and southwest China suffered from drought.
In November, the national average precipitation was 221 mm, 9 more than the same period in normal years9%。In the first half of the month, there was a lot of rainy weather in the southern region, including continuous rainy weather in Jiangnan and South China on the 7th and 12thHeavy rains occurred in some areas of Hunan, Jiangxi and Hainan, and some crops were soaked, with direct economic losses of more than 2,600 yuan.
The autumn rains in West China ended on 16 November, with an average rainfall of 44 days longer than normal6%。On November 14, the first flow of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia was carried out, and the Yellow River entered the flood season, six days earlier than usual.
In addition, the moisture in most parts of the country is generally suitable, and there are moderate or above meteorological drought in eastern Yunnan, western and southern Guizhou. Since October, Kunming in Yunnan Province has been hit by drought, making it difficult for more than 5,000 local people and some large livestock to drink water normally.
3. Hail disasters in Hunan, Guizhou and other places are frequent.
In November, a total of 9 provinces (autonomous regions) across the country were hit by hailstorms. On the 9th and 12th, under the combined influence of cold air and warm and humid airflow, regional convective weather processes occurred in Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, and some areas suffered from short-term heavy precipitation, local strong winds and other disastrous weather, among which some township houses in Changsha, Hunan Province were damaged.
Hailstorms caused a total of 3 provinces in Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan480,000 people were affected to varying degrees, damaging their houses180,000 houses, and the area of crops affected was 33,000 hectares, with a direct economic loss of more than 8,200 yuan.
Fourth, Xinjiang Artush occurred 5Level 4**, no damage caused by the disaster.
In November, 4Level 0 or above**8 times, of which 5Level 0 or above**1 time. The maximum magnitude of the earthquake was 5Category 4**, the epicenter was located in a high-altitude sparsely populated area, and no disaster damage was caused.
In addition, a total of 8 forest fires occurred in the country in November, including 2 in Fujian, 2 in Sichuan, and 1 in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, and **There were no grassland fires.