Minimizing Disaster Losses, People's Daily Review: Fully Responding to the "Dussuri" Intensity | Typhoon | Disaster
On the morning of July 28th, Typhoon Du Suri made landfall along the coast of Jinjiang, Fujian. "Du Suri" is the strongest typhoon to make landfall in China this year and the second strongest typhoon to make landfall in Fujian since complete observation records. It has the characteristics of high intensity, sufficient water vapor, wide impact range, and long duration. Affected by it, gales and torrential rains occurred in the coastal areas of Fujian. At the landing site of the typhoon and its adjacent areas, people were injured, trees were blown down, and power was cut off in some places, which could not be underestimated.
Typhoon is a highly destructive and catastrophic weather system, and its passage can easily damage buildings, vehicles, etc., affecting normal production operations and threatening the safety of people's lives. At the same time, China is currently in a critical period of flood prevention. When typhoons are added during the flood season, it may cause disasters such as urban and rural waterlogging, local flash floods, landslides, and collapse of old houses. So, preventing and responding to typhoons is related to the safety of people's lives and property, as well as economic development and social stability. Disasters are inevitable, and the key is to minimize losses. All regions and departments should firmly establish bottom line and extreme thinking, adhere to the principle of putting people first and life first, and be able to take the initiative to prevent and respond to typhoons.
To cope with typhoons, it is necessary to combine daily support with emergency response. In the face of the approaching typhoon, basic livelihood security and living services are crucial. The relevant departments should start from the immediate interests of the general public, strengthen the safety management of transportation, tourism, and urban operations on the premise of timely relocation of people in dangerous areas, and effectively ensure the guarantee of water supply, power supply, communication, transportation, medical care, and daily necessities to ensure that disaster stricken people have food, housing, and access to medical treatment. For secondary disasters that may occur at any time, efforts should be made to strengthen emergency rescue preparations, gather rescue forces from departments such as fire protection, electricity, water conservancy, and transportation, and establish a linkage mechanism. They should be on standby at any time and take immediate action upon command. They should do a good job in emergency repair and resettlement of evading people as soon as possible, and make every effort to prevent casualties.
To prevent typhoons, it is necessary to combine comprehensive and key measures. At present, "Du Suri" may affect areas such as the Huanghuai River, North China, the eastern part of Southwest China, and the eastern part of Northwest China. All regions must weave their safety nets tighter and denser with a sense of worry and safety. It should be noted that typhoon prevention work involves various aspects such as meteorological warning, risk investigation, information release, and personnel dispatch, and must be comprehensively and meticulously deployed and implemented in a coordinated manner. We should increase our attention to key areas and weak links, and promptly plug loopholes. For example, ensuring safety production in key industries such as hazardous chemicals and gas, strengthening disaster prevention in industries with high disaster risks such as agriculture, forestry, and fishery, timely withdrawing workers, and strengthening patrols in flood prone areas such as tunnels, subways, and sunken overpasses.
Preventing and responding to typhoons is a major battle that tests the responsiveness of relevant departments and the responsibility of party members and cadres. Water conservancy, housing and construction, public security, transportation and other aspects should each fulfill their respective responsibilities and be connected in an orderly manner. Strengthening military civilian cooperation is necessary to consolidate the strongest joint force in preventing and responding to typhoons. Party members and cadres should tighten their ideological strings, estimate the situation more complex, consider problems more fully, and make the most comprehensive preparations based on the most unfavorable situation; We should play a pioneering and exemplary role, fighting wherever the disaster is severe, and appearing wherever the people need it. We should do our best to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
In order to defend against Typhoon Dussuri, various regions are on high alert, with some suspending production, classes, businesses, and markets, some suspending trains and buses, and some deploying rescue ships and helicopters. But it should also be noted that everyone is the first person responsible for their own safety. Enhance awareness of wind and flood prevention, closely monitor the information released by the meteorological department, do a good job in prevention, stay away from dangerous places, and reserve materials. We believe that we can safely weather this typhoon.
