Large areas of crops are affected by disasters, and the water level of Shangzhai River in Datong, Shanxi Province has skyrocketed. The process of destroying embankments and bridges | floods | bridges
Recently, heavy rainfall has occurred in many areas in northern Shanxi. Lingqiu County is the place with the highest rainfall in Datong, Shanxi, with a cumulative maximum precipitation of over 300 millimeters. The Shangzhai River, originating from Shangzhai Town, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi Province, is a river within Lingqiu County, with a total length of approximately 30 kilometers. Shangzhai River is a seasonal river that has been experiencing continuous drought in recent years, and its runoff has been decreasing year by year. During this precipitation process, the cumulative rainfall in Shangzhai Town reached 324.4 millimeters, and the total amount of flood passage through Shangzhai River was about 1.3 million cubic meters. Due to the large amount of flooding, the banks and bridges of Shangzhai River were damaged, the roads along the banks collapsed, some land parcels were washed away, and crops collapsed.
As of August 2nd, this round of continuous rainfall has caused 14198 people in Lingqiu to be affected, with a total affected area of 116674.5 acres of crops and a total affected area of 11339.5 acres. Some roads were damaged due to landslides and floods, with a length of 25.2 kilometers. At present, Lingqiu has launched disaster statistics work, verifying the disaster situation item by item from village to household, organizing relevant departments to repair and reinforce flooded roads, bridges, and culverts, conducting inspections and appraisals of post disaster houses, and repairing production and living facilities such as electricity, water supply, and agricultural production damaged by the disaster. In addition, Lingqiu has also launched a special rectification action for geological hazard hidden dangers, conducting a mesh like investigation of geological hazard hidden dangers in areas such as reservoirs, rivers, tailings ponds, cliffs, ditches, and slopes to prevent secondary disasters from occurring.