Fuzhou and Xiamen issue red warnings! Fuzhou: unnecessary people do not go out, cars do not go on the road, and the rainstorm continues
The heavy rainfall caused by typhoon "Haikui" in Fujian is still continuing. On the evening of September 5, Fuzhou and Xiamen also issued a red rainstorm warning.
At 20:26 on September 5, 2023, Fuzhou Meteorological Station upgraded the orange rainstorm warning signal to the red rainstorm warning signal: the rainfall in Chengmen Town, Cangshan District in the past one hour will be 88.6 mm, and in the next two hours, there will still be 50-70 mm of rainfall in Mawei District, Jin'an District, Cangshan District, Taijiang District, Gulou District, and High tech Zone, with local rainfall exceeding 80 mm.
At 20:48 on September 5, 2023, Xiamen Meteorological Station continued to issue the rainstorm red warning signal: over 160 mm of heavy rainfall has occurred in Dongfu Street, Haicang District in the past 12 hours. It is estimated that there will still be rainstorm to heavy rainstorm in the city this night, with the cumulative rainfall of 80~100 mm and 150 mm locally.
According to the Fuzhou Evening News, on September 4, rainstorm to heavy rainstorm occurred in coastal areas of Fujian Province, and local extremely heavy rainstorm occurred. According to statistics from 08:00 on the 4th to 08:00 on the 5th, there were a total of 418 townships in 52 counties with rainfall exceeding 50 millimeters. Among them, 191 townships in 32 counties exceeded 100 millimeters, and 14 townships in 6 counties exceeded 250 millimeters. The strongest rainfall was 365.7 millimeters in Jingyang Town, Fuqing, and the highest was in 5 townships in Yongtai. There were violent storms in Fuzhou, and the accumulated rainfall in Yongtai reached 262 mm in 24 hours, breaking the local historical record since 1960. In addition, the maximum accumulated rainfall in one hour in Fuqing reached 119.2 millimeters, and the maximum accumulated rainfall in three hours exceeded 300 millimeters, breaking the historical limit of "hourly rainfall intensity".
Xiamen City had previously recorded rare rainfall. According to the official Weibo account of Xiamen Meteorological Service Center, from 08:00 on September 4th to 08:00 on September 5th, the cumulative precipitation at Xiamen Station reached 200.5 millimeters, ranking 7th in the station's cumulative precipitation history and 1st in the same period in September.
Fuzhou: In order to prevent rainstorm, unnecessary people are not allowed to go out and cars are not allowed to go on the road
A letter to the people of the whole city
All citizens and non local residents in Rong:
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, affected by the cloud system around the typhoon "Haikui", some areas of our city were hit by rainstorm and heavy rainstorm. At 22:30 on September 5, the municipal flood control and drought relief headquarters launched the Level II emergency response for rainstorm prevention. In order to do a good job in rainstorm prevention, the municipal defense index issued the following initiatives:
1、 Non essential people are not allowed to go out and cars are not on the road to ensure safety.
2、 Pay close attention to the early warning information and keep abreast of the latest situation of rainstorm.
3、 Do not take shelter from wind and rain near billboards, iron towers, large trees, etc. Do not stay near steep slopes, embankments, rivers, fish ponds, reservoirs, and be sure to stay away from electrical boxes, power lines, and dangerous buildings.
4、 Actively cooperate with the property management of the community to do a good job in underground space, underground parking lot water blocking and drainage work; Vehicles in low-lying underground parking lots should be transferred to a safe location with higher terrain as soon as possible.
5、 When threatened by rainstorm, move to a higher place immediately. If there is no time to move, climb on the roof, buildings, trees and high walls for temporary refuge and wait for rescue.
Please do not relax your vigilance, pay close attention to the weather, work together to do a good job in defense, and resolutely win the battle against rainstorm!
Fuzhou Municipal People's Government Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters
September 5, 2023