This newspaper, Beijing, April 11. The reporter learned from the Central Meteorological Observatory that meteorological monitoring shows that during the day on April 11, large-scale strong winds and sandstorms occurred in the north, with heavy winds and sandstorms in southern Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, northern and eastern Qinghai, Ningxia, central and northern Shaanxi, central and northern Shanxi, northern Hebei, western Liaoning, southwestern Jilin and other places, with gusts of level 9-12 in some areas, and locally up to level 13 or above; sandstorms or strong sandstorms occurred in some areas in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia and locally in Gansu; heavy snow occurred in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, Zhangye, Gansu and other places; strong convective weather such as heavy rain and thunderstorms and strong winds occurred in Hubei and other places. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from the 12th to the 13th, there will still be strong winds and cool sandstorms in the northern region, strong rain and snow in central and eastern Inner Mongolia, northeastern regions and other places, and heavy rainfall and strong convective weather in some areas in the southern region. At 18:00 on the 11th, the Central Meteorological Observatory also issued five warnings: orange wind warning, yellow blizzard warning, blue sandstorm warning, blue rainstorm warning, and yellow warning for strong convective weather.

On April 11, in response to the disaster weather processes such as strong winds, sandstorms, and strong convection in the central and eastern regions, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management closely monitored the development and changes of this round of weather process, urgently activated the emergency response and linkage mechanism, strengthened consultations and judgments with meteorological, forestry and grassland and other departments, and successively reminded and dispatched key areas to do a good job in related work, guided the national comprehensive fire rescue team to remain highly alert, and work with the National Food and Reserve Bureau to prepare for the allocation of central disaster relief materials. The National Forestry Defense Command Office has upgraded the emergency response to forest and grassland fires from level 4 to level 3, and the Ministry of Emergency Management has launched a strong convective weather warning response to 13 provinces including Hubei and Hunan.

Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Jiangsu, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing and other key provinces and relevant departments will strengthen work measures, fully consider extreme situations, strengthen consultation, dispatch and judgment, timely issue risk warning tips, strengthen the inspection of hidden dangers such as outdoor billboards and high-altitude structures, and wind prevention of agricultural greenhouse facilities, strengthen risk prevention in key areas such as construction, transportation, school safety, and geological disaster prevention and control, strengthen field fire source management, and provide pre-rescue and disaster relief materials and forces.

Beijing conducts inspections and inspections on key areas and areas to check for safety hazards; strictly prevent forest fires, make every effort to ensure travel safety and traffic diversion, and strengthen the supply of daily necessities and materials. The Beijing Municipal Urban Management Committee issued a notice requiring local governments to increase inspections on outdoor advertising, environmental sanitation and safety to eliminate safety hazards. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening requires all forest areas in the city to strictly manage checkpoints and strengthen inspections and inspections.

On April 11, the Hebei Provincial Meteorological Observatory issued a red warning signal for strong winds. The Hebei Provincial Meteorological Disaster Defense Command decided to upgrade the emergency response of major meteorological disasters (strong winds) to Level II at 18:30 on the 11th. Zhuozhou Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau sent staff to help farmers strengthen greenhouse facilities and regulate ventilation in the greenhouses, and provide face-to-face technical guidance on disaster prevention.

(Reporters of this newspaper Li Hongmei, Liu Wenxin, Pan Junqiang, Zhang Tengyang)