Two departments have launched a Level 4 emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention in six provinces, with uncertainty surrounding the two typhoons
On August 30th, according to the arrangement and deployment of Wang Xiangxi, Deputy Commander in Chief of the National Defense Administration and Minister of Emergency Management, the Office of the National Defense Administration and the Ministry of Emergency Management organized a special video conference and scheduling for flood and typhoon prevention. They jointly discussed and judged the development trends of heavy rainfall and typhoons "Sula" and "Haikui" with the China Meteorological Administration, Ministry of Water Resources, and Ministry of Natural Resources. The video conference was dispatched to provinces such as Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and deployed flood and typhoon prevention work in key areas. The National Flood Control Administration has launched a Level 4 emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention in provinces such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan. Work teams have been dispatched to Fujian and Guangdong to assist and guide typhoon prevention work.
The consultation pointed out that Typhoon "Sula" is expected to move into the northeast sea surface of the South China Sea tonight or tomorrow morning, gradually approaching the coastal areas of southern Fujian to eastern Guangdong. It is possible to make landfall along the aforementioned coastal areas during the day on September 1st or move towards the southwest direction in the coastal waters of eastern Guangdong; The sea anemone will move in a northwest direction and may affect the waters in the southern part of the East China Sea around September 3rd. At the same time, there is uncertainty in the path, magnitude, and affected area of the typhoon, and the situation of flood and typhoon prevention is complex and severe.
The meeting emphasized the need to continuously strengthen the various flood and typhoon prevention responsibilities with the administrative head responsibility system as the core, strictly implement the five levels of guarantee responsibilities at the provincial, municipal, county, township, and village levels, urge responsible persons to go deep into the front line, command from the front, and strengthen inspection and supervision; Closely monitor the changes in typhoon intensity and the impact of wind and rain, effectively implement maritime prevention and control measures, organize the return of ships to port and the landing of personnel, closely monitor weak links such as coastal tourist attractions, construction sites, and high-altitude structures, take shutdown and control measures as appropriate, and make every effort to ensure the safety of personnel's lives; Highlighting the prevention and response to heavy rainfall and strong winds on land, intensifying monitoring of rainfall and water conditions, conducting rolling consultations and judgments, highlighting inspections and troubleshooting of mountain flood risk areas, low-lying areas prone to flooding, and geological hazard points, strengthening the investigation of wind hazards in high-altitude structures, billboards, tower cranes, and landscape trees, taking reinforcement measures in advance, strengthening the linkage between early warning and emergency response, implementing a disaster warning "call and respond" mechanism that directly reaches grassroots responsible persons, and decisively organizing personnel in high-risk areas such as high and steep slopes, construction sites, tourist attractions, dangerous old houses, and industrial and mining enterprises to transfer and avoid risks.