CCTV News: According to China Water Conservancy WeChat official account, from March 12 to 15, heavy rainfall occurred in Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places in southern my country, with the cumulative rainfall of more than 50 mm for three consecutive days reaching 173,000 square kilometers. According to the "Notice of the Ministry of Water Resources on Issuing the Measures for the Determination of the Flood Entering my country" (Shuifang [2019] No. 119), the date of the Flood Entering my country this year is March 15, which is 17 days earlier than the average Flood Entering China (April 1).
Li Guoying, deputy commander-in-chief of the National Flood Control Corporation and Minister of Water Resources, attached great importance to flood prevention work and required the goal of "no casualties, no dam collapse of reservoirs, no breakage of important embankments, and no impact on important infrastructure", insist on preventing as the king and prevention as the main focus, and take early, detailed and practical defense measures. On March 15, the Ministry of Water Resources held a discussion on the flood season and the current rainfall situation, and arranged and deployed key tasks. First, quickly enter the flood season. The Ministry of Water Resources has been on duty for flood prevention 24 hours a day, and the relevant basin management agencies and local water conservancy departments have entered the working state during the flood season in accordance with relevant regulations. The second is to strengthen monitoring, forecasting and early warning. Pay close attention to weather changes, rolling to monitor the development trends of rain, water, flood, and timely release early warning information to go directly to the front line of defense. The third is to keep a close eye on key links in flood prevention. Strengthen safety monitoring and defense of reservoirs and embankments, and do a good job in floods and mountain torrents in small and medium-sized rivers to ensure safety during the flood season. Fourth, strengthen flood prevention preparations. Accelerate the revision of flood prevention plans, flood control dispatching drills, mountain torrent disaster risk investigation and rectification, flood storage and detention areas preparations, and water damage projects restoration, and make preparations for flood response.
