National Defense General： Since the beginning of this year, floods have caused direct economic losses of 123 billion yuan.

　　Cctv newsOn July 28th, the State Council held a press conference on flood control and disaster relief.

　　Zhou Xuewen, secretary-general of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, deputy director of the emergency management department and deputy director of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that since the beginning of this year, the climate has been abnormal and extreme weather events have occurred frequently. The main characteristics of rain and flood disasters are as follows:

　　First, the temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation is seriously uneven, and the rainfall in many places is frequently recorded.. Since the flood season, the national average precipitation is 314.8 mm, which is 1.1% less than the same period of the previous year. However, there are more rainfall in parts of Northeast China, Huanghuai and Haihe River, and the periods are concentrated. The daily precipitation of 154 national meteorological stations in China has reached the monitoring standard of extreme events, of which 33 stations have exceeded the historical extreme value. On July 20th, the maximum hourly rainfall in Zhengzhou reached 201.9mm, which broke through the historical extreme value of hourly rainfall in mainland China, and this historical extreme value was 198mm.

　　Second, the floods in the northern rivers are serious, and the small and medium-sized rivers are rising rapidly.. In the middle and late June, a catastrophic flood occurred in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, and a numbered flood occurred in Nenjiang, which was obviously earlier than normal. Two numbered floods occurred in Haihe river basin; Small and medium-sized rivers rose rapidly, and floods in six rivers in Henan and Hebei exceeded history, and 10 national flood storage and detention areas were opened. Since the flood season, 372 rivers in 26 provinces across the country have experienced floods exceeding the police, of which 96 rivers have exceeded the insurance limit and 31 rivers have exceeded the historical limit.

　　Third, engineering dangers are frequent, and some provinces are seriously affected.. There are two reservoirs in Inner Mongolia that have dam failure, and three reservoirs in Henan have piping and dam overflow. Serious waterlogging occurred in Zhengzhou, Xinxiang and other cities in Henan Province, and many river dikes broke. Since the beginning of this year, 34.81 million people have been affected by floods, 146 people have died and disappeared, 72,000 houses have collapsed, and the direct economic loss is 123 billion yuan, which is 34%, 64%, 45% and 22% lower than the average in the same period in the past five years. However, since July 17th, floods have affected 15.4 million people in 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) such as Henan, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, 96 people have died and disappeared, and 1.614 million people have been relocated. Especially in Henan province, the disaster is heavy and the casualties are heavy, which affects the hearts of the people all over the country. Up to now, 73 people have been killed.