Since January 31, the central and eastern regions of China have suffered from a wide range of rain, snow and freezing weather, which has had a great impact on people's production and life. In response to this disaster, the ** Meteorological Observatory continued to issue an orange warning for heavy snow and an orange warning for freezing at 6 a.m. on February 3. In view of the particularity of this rain and snow process, the Ministry of Emergency Management has decided to upgrade the emergency response to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters in Hubei and Anhui provinces to the next level. In this grim situation, we will work closely with the local government, give full play to the role of the disaster reduction committee or special command organization, strengthen the joint consultation, research and judgment and departmental coordination and linkage, make every effort to respond to and deal with sudden dangers and disasters, and strictly prevent personnel and major property losses.
In the face of this low-temperature, rain, snow and freezing disaster, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management acted quickly, and allocated a total of 40,000 pieces of disaster relief materials to Hubei and Anhui provinces according to the impact of the disaster and the needs of local disaster relief work, including cotton coats and quilts, to support local governments to do a good job in disaster relief and relief work for the people affected by low-temperature rain, snow and freezing weather. The rapid allocation and pre-positioning of these materials have provided strong support for the rescue work. At the same time, additional teams were dispatched to the front line to assist and guide the smooth progress of disaster relief work.
According to the meteorological department, in the next few days, there will be heavy to heavy snowfall in parts of southern Henan, southwestern and central eastern Hubei, central and northern Anhui, western Jiangsu, northern Hunan, eastern Chongqing, northern Guizhou and other places, including heavy snowfall in parts of southwestern Hubei, northwest Hunan, southeastern Chongqing, central Anhui and other places, and local heavy snowfall. There will also be persistent freezing rain in some areas of Hubei, central Anhui and other places. This result reminds us of the need to maintain a high level of vigilance and strengthen preventive measures.
In this battle against low-temperature, rain, snow and freezing disasters, close cooperation with the local government is particularly important. The challenges posed by this natural disaster can only be effectively addressed through concerted efforts. **Relevant departments promptly release early warning information to guide local governments to do a good job of prevention and response; The local government responded positively and took effective measures to carry out emergency rescue and disaster relief work. This spirit of unity and solidarity is the key to overcoming disasters.
In order to better cope with low-temperature, rain, snow and freezing disasters, we need to further strengthen the construction of early warning and monitoring systems and improve the accuracy and timeliness of early warning information. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the building of emergency rescue forces, improve the ability of emergency rescue and rescue, and ensure that rescue work can be carried out quickly and effectively when disasters occur. In addition, it is also necessary to strengthen publicity and education to enhance the public's awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation and their ability to help themselves and each other.
In this battle against the low-temperature, rain, snow and freezing disasters, we have seen the power of close cooperation with the local government. This strength provides us with a solid line of defense against disasters. Let us work together to meet the challenges and work hard to ensure the safety of people's lives and property!