According to the "Ministry of Emergency Management" WeChat public account, recently, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the National Health Commission , the Meteorological Bureau, the Grain and Reserve Bureau, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau, the Red Cross Federation, the China Railway Group and other departments and units conducted consultations and analyzes on the national natural disaster situation in October 2023. In October, the main natural disasters in my country were typhoons and floods. Wind hail, cryogenic freezing, snow disasters, earthquakes, geological disasters and forest fires also occurred to varying degrees. Various natural disasters caused a total of 2.957 million people to be affected to varying degrees, 11 people died due to disasters, and 38,000 people were urgently relocated; more than 800 houses collapsed, more than 1,000 were seriously damaged, and more than 4,600 were generally damaged; the crop area was 1.894 thousand hectares. ; Direct economic loss of 6.54 billion yuan.
The main characteristics of natural disasters across the country in October are:
1. There are too many typhoons landing in autumn, and the coast of South China is greatly affected
In October, two typhoons made landfall in my country. Among them, Typhoon No. 14 "Little Dog" made landfall in Pingtung County, Taiwan Province on October 5. On the afternoon of the 9th, it weakened into a tropical depression off the coast of western Guangdong. From October 19th to 20th, Typhoon No. 16 "Samba" made landfall in my country three times in Dongfang City, Hainan Province, Suixi County, Guangdong Province, and Lingao County, Hainan Province. Affected by it, many road sections in Beihai City, Guangxi Province suffered from waterlogging. , coastal fishery facilities were seriously damaged, and flooding occurred in the upper reaches of the Luoding River in western Guangdong; Typhoon "Samba" caused a total of 2.131 million people in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other provinces (regions) to be affected, 4 people died, and more than 300 houses collapsed, 138.7 Thousands of hectares of crops were affected, causing direct economic losses of 5.82 billion yuan.
2. Autumn rains in West China caused floods in many provinces and local geological disasters
In October, the national average precipitation was 28 mm, which was basically the same as the same period in normal years. In addition to the heavy rainfall brought by typhoons to southern China and other places, there is also heavy rainfall in western China and other places. Most of central western China has more than 20% rainfall, and locally the rainfall is more than double. Affected by rainfall, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Gansu suffered local flooding in early to mid-October. Overall, floods in October affected 512,000 people in 14 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), more than 100 houses collapsed, and direct economic losses were 460 million yuan. In addition, a landslide occurred in Lishi District, Luliang City, Shanxi Province on October 1, killing 5 people, and geological disasters in Sichuan and Xinjiang each killed 1 person.
3. Wind and hail disasters occur sporadically, and low-temperature freezing and snow disasters affect North and Northwest China
In October, 35 counties (cities, districts) in 9 provinces across the country were sporadically hit by strong convective weather such as strong winds, hail, and short-term heavy rainfall, mainly in Liaoning, Jiangxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other places. Among them, in early October, local strong wind and hail disasters in Haidong Prefecture and Xining City, Qinghai Province caused damage to crops and vegetable greenhouses, causing direct economic losses of more than 40 million yuan; in mid-October, hail disaster occurred in Suizhong County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province, causing damage to cash crops such as apples. Damage, direct economic loss of more than 70 million yuan. In October, two cold air processes affected our country, which occurred on the 5th-6th and 19th-21st respectively. Low-temperature freezing and snow disasters caused local crop damage areas of 59,000 hectares in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Qinghai, and direct economic losses of 36 million yuan. .
4. The impact of the 5.5-magnitude earthquake in Subei, Gansu was slight, and the forest and grassland fire situation across the country was stable
In October, a total of 13 earthquakes above magnitude 4.0 and one earthquake above magnitude 5.0 occurred in mainland my country. Among them, the largest one was the 5.5-magnitude earthquake in Subei County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province on October 24. There was a sparse population near the epicenter and more than 10 houses were damaged. In October, the forest and grassland fire situation across the country was stable. A total of 4 forest fires occurred, including 2 in Inner Mongolia, 1 in Shanxi, and 1 in Hunan; no grassland fires occurred.
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