On February 22, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the China Meteorological Administration, continued to organize joint consultations, ** dispatch Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and other provinces, emphasizing the need to make every effort to ensure the safety of personnel, ensure the smooth flow of traffic, and effectively prevent the collapse of large-span buildings, geological and other secondary disasters.
The meeting emphasized that this round of low temperature rain, snow and freezing weather has a long impact on some areas, and currently has a significant impact on traffic travel in Hubei, Hunan and other provinces, and the risk of disasters is high. It is necessary to carry out in-depth investigation and rectification of hidden dangers in densely populated places such as various factories, supermarkets, hospitals, and dilapidated houses, long-span truss stadiums, etc., and strictly prevent geological disasters such as landslides; It is necessary to strengthen the coordination and linkage of departments, reserve snow and ice melting materials and equipment in advance in the sections prone to snow and ice and accident-prone road sections, and carry out snow and ice removal operations in a timely manner to ensure the smooth flow of traffic; It is necessary to release forecasts and early warnings and disaster prevention and risk avoidance tips on a rolling basis to guide the public to avoid danger in a timely manner and travel reasonably.
According to the meteorological department**, from now to 8 o'clock on the 23rd, there will be heavy snow in parts of southern Shaanxi, central Anhui, central and eastern Hubei, and frozen rain or ice particles in parts of central and southern Anhui, southwestern Jiangsu, northwest Zhejiang, central, eastern and southern Hubei, most of Hunan, northwest Jiangxi, and eastern Guizhou.