What natural disasters have occurred recently in 2012? (urgent)
January 6, 2012: Affected by the continued decrease in water inflow from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the water level in the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River in west Jiangxi continued to drop. As of 14:00 on January 6, hydrological monitoring data released by the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission showed that the water level in the Jiangxi-Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River was 8.47 meters, a drop of 3.74 meters from 12.21 meters at 8:00 on November 17, 2011. The Jiangxi-Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River has been fully Entering the extremely low water level period. It is understood that starting from January 4, Jiangxi Jiujiang Maritime Safety Administration issued a three-level yellow safety warning during the dry season, strictly prohibiting ships with a draft of more than 4.2 meters from passing through the Jiangxi Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River to prevent stranding accidents.
At 23:00 on New Year’s Eve, January 24, 2012, after the operation of Shanghai Metro Line 4 ended, Hailun Road Station of this line officially entered the station closure stage for overhaul. Due to geological reasons, the Shanghai Metro Department detected uneven settlement of the subway station. To ensure safety, the Metro Department decided to conduct a comprehensive overhaul during the low passenger flow period during the Spring Festival. Workers raised the settlement rail as a whole in the settlement section, and the track was lifted up to 104 mm.
In the early morning of January 30, 2012, rare extreme ice and fog weather occurred in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia, with visibility less than 50 meters. The temperature dropped to below minus 44 degrees in most areas such as Yakeshi City and Genhe City. , among which places such as Genhe and Tulihe experienced extremely cold weather of minus 45 degrees Celsius. This severe cold weather has lasted for three days. The coldest weather occurred in Genhe and Tuli rivers in the forest area, with the lowest temperature dropping to minus 46.9 degrees.
On February 2, 2012, the drought in Yunnan Stone Forest has caused drinking water difficulties for more than 40,000 people in the county. According to the Shilin County Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office, as of January 29, 32 of the 81 small reservoirs and dams in the county have dried up, and more than 10,000 acres of crops have failed. According to local villagers, there has been no complete rainfall in Stone Forest since June last year, and they can only go 8 kilometers away to get water every day. In order to find the water source, the local government led the villagers to "drill" 40 meters deep underground to find water.
February 20, 2012: Since 2009, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province has suffered from three consecutive years of drought, resulting in a serious shortage of water storage in reservoirs. At the beginning of this year, rainfall continued to be low. As temperatures continued to rise, water storage in ponds continued to decline, and droughts in various places intensified. As of the 20th, 3.154 million people and 1.622 million large livestock in 15 prefectures and cities in Yunnan have experienced drinking water difficulties to varying degrees. The drought-affected area of crops in fields (fields) is 8.222 million acres, with 4.91 million acres of light drought. 10,000 acres, 2.66 million acres are in severe drought, and 651,000 acres are dry.
February 26, 2012: From January to February 24, in less than two months, large areas of karst occurred in Yuejiaqiao, Huangbanqiao, Bathing Ping and other villages in Yuejiaqiao Town Collapse geological disaster. So far, a total of 693 sinkholes have appeared within the nine administrative villages of the town, including 537 farmland subsidences, 150 river subsidences, and 6 reservoir subsidences. In the town, 167 households had their houses cracked due to ground karst collapse, affecting more than 1,200 people. Five river dams and two reservoirs were destroyed, affecting more than 10,000 acres of farmland irrigation. The production and life of some people on both sides of the river are in trouble.
February 26, 2012, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. Half a month ago, continuous drought caused Pingdi Village, Pingdi Town, to have water difficulties. The tap water was cut off and the only reservoir, Pingdi Reservoir, had basically bottomed out. Villagers They can only dig wells at the bottom of the reservoir to get water, and renting an excavator to dig a well costs a lot of money. The villagers can only raise 350 yuan from two to three families to share the burden and enjoy a mouthful of water. Water well, but this can only solve the water problem for about 10 days.
February 28, 2012: On the 27th, a large-scale collapse occurred in a section of the road near the terminal station of Hangzhou Metro Line 1. The collapse location was less than 10 meters away from the exit of Metro Line 1. On the 28th, subsidence occurred again in the extension section of the incident site. The construction unit, Hangzhou City Foundation Center, stated that the ground subsidence was due to the misalignment of water pipes below, resulting in soil erosion.
March 3, 2012: A once-in-a-century drought is raging across eastern Yunnan. "I have lived for more than a hundred years, and I have never done Longtan in the village. I did it this year." said the 102-year-old Yang family in Yangjiafen Village, Housuo Town, Fuyuan County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province. The depletion of Longtan, the only source of domestic water in the two village committees of Jiafen and Shuangnuo, means that daily life is cut off, and more than 7,000 villagers are experiencing serious drinking water difficulties.
There is no perfect path for everyone. At the end of February, when the villagers were worried about the water shortage, four brave villagers Ao Xuanping, Yang Shikun, Yang Shiqiang, and Yang Shisong from Raoziping Village of Shuangnuo Village Committee stood up. According to the elders, they were two or three kilometers away from the village. There is a legend that the rock crevices will steam up in the winter. I was invited to venture into the rock crevices to explore. The first time I was not prepared and I did not bring a flashlight and a rope but failed. The second time I finally went down to the bottom of the cave and found the water source.
On March 9, 2012, the drought in Huili, Sichuan has continued to worsen recently, causing 153,515 people and 173,422 livestock to have difficulty drinking water. 248,580 acres of crops have been affected by drought, and 177,400 acres have been damaged. A total of 64,140 acres were harvested. The drought-stricken areas are mainly concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the Chenghe River and along the Jinsha River Basin. Since August 2011, there has been no rain, and the fields and streams have dried up.
There has been no harvest in the village for three years. Last year, Liu Yunzhong's family planted 40 acres of pea seedlings in the village. Due to drought, they only harvested less than 200 kilograms of peas, and they didn't even have enough money for seeds. The water brought back from the mountains cannot even guarantee basic livelihood, and the villagers are even more reluctant to use it to irrigate the fields. The villagers would rather leave the land uncultivated than plant any more. Most of the crops in the village have withered, and the only one left alive is the mango tree. It is the flowering and fruit-bearing season and is in urgent need of watering.
On March 9, 2012, due to the recent large-scale and high-intensity rainfall in Jiangxi, the soil was saturated, some reservoirs released floods, and many rivers exceeded warning levels. Currently, a rare early flood occurs in Jiangxi Province, and various regions are mobilizing forces to prevent severe floods. According to the needs of the flood control situation, Ganzhou and Ji'an have announced that they will enter the main flood season in advance.
March 17, 2012: A mountain collapse occurred in Weixi County, Yunnan Province, killing 8 people and injuring 1 person.
March 17, 2012: Road collapse site on the north bank of Tianhe River in Chaohu City, Anhui Province. On that day, a large-scale landslide occurred on the north bank of the Tianhe River in Chaohu City, Anhui Province, with a length of about 100 meters and a width of about 3 meters. Due to the collapse of the soil beneath the outer edge of the concrete road, dozens of centimeters of the road edge were suspended.
March 19, 2012: A two-story building with 20 rooms suddenly subsided. The deepest depth reached more than 2 meters, and it moved back about 2.6 meters. Fortunately, there were no casualties. On March 16, such a shocking scene occurred at the Xinlian Freight Center on Zhanggang Road, Longgang Town, Cangnan County, Wenzhou City.
March 19, 2012: Drought in Hebei caused 30,000 people to have difficulty drinking water, and 7.12 million acres of crops were affected by drought.
March 19, 2012: 16 districts and counties in Chongqing suffered from drought. More than 500,000 acres of crops were affected by drought. The precipitation in February was 60% less than the same period last year. 16 districts and counties including Qijiang and Fengdu suffered from drought. Due to the drought, 190,000 people had temporary drinking water difficulties, and more than 500,000 acres of crops were affected by drought.
March 20, 2012: Starting at 10:30 a.m., strong cold air hit Qiemo County, Bazhou, Xinjiang, causing severe sand and dust weather, and objects 10 meters away in the urban area were blurred. Every local household has its doors and windows closed, travelers wear masks and headscarves and have difficulty breathing; vehicles turn on their lights and drive slowly.
On March 26, 2012, the Pearl River Zhengyuan, located at the eastern foot of Maxiong Mountain in the north of Zhanyi County, Qujing, Yunnan, is the source of the Pearl River. The reporter checked relevant information and showed that the water depth of the source lake during the flood season in previous years was 1.6 It is about 1.3 meters in dry season. When the water level is normal, the lake can store about 40,000 cubic meters of water. The former source lake has bottomed out. Does this mean that the source of the Pearl River has stopped flowing? Staff said that in the past four years, there has been less precipitation at the source of the Pearl River, so the surface water has almost dried up.
March 30, 2012: A level 10 wind killed three people in Urumqi. Water, power, and flights were all cut off. The strong wind started at 3:30 in the morning on the 30th. The instantaneous wind force in the main urban area reached level 10, and the instantaneous maximum wind force in the southern suburbs was level 12, reaching typhoon level.
In the first quarter, my country's natural disasters were dominated by drought, low temperature freezing, snow disasters, earthquakes and landslides. Disasters such as floods, hailstorms, sandstorms, mountain collapses, mudslides, and forest fires also occurred to varying degrees. Compared with the same period in recent years, the disaster was generally lighter, but some areas were seriously affected. Various natural disasters caused 21.777 million people nationwide to be affected, 66 people were dead or missing, 85,000 people were urgently relocated, and 4.301 million people needed living assistance; the affected area of crops was 2405.8 thousand hectares, of which 147.6 thousand hectares had no harvest; collapse or serious 87,000 houses were damaged, and 108,000 houses were generally damaged; direct economic losses were 9.63 billion yuan (excluding data from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).
In the first quarter, my country's natural disasters were dominated by drought, low temperature freezing, snow disasters, earthquakes and landslides. Disasters such as floods, hailstorms, sandstorms, mountain collapses, mudslides, and forest fires also occurred to varying degrees. Compared with the same period in recent years, the disaster was generally lighter, but some areas were seriously affected. Various natural disasters caused 21.777 million people nationwide to be affected, 66 people were dead or missing, 85,000 people were urgently relocated, and 4.301 million people needed living assistance; the affected area of crops was 24.058 million hectares, of which 147.6 million hectares were harvested; collapsed or seriously 87,000 houses were damaged, and 108,000 houses were generally damaged; direct economic losses were 9.63 billion yuan (excluding data from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).
No details found in April.
In April, natural disasters in China were dominated by wind and hail, drought, low temperature freezing and snow disasters. Some areas suffered from natural disasters such as floods, typhoons, earthquakes, landslides and mudslides. According to statistics, in April 2008, 14.427 million people were affected by disasters nationwide, and 55 people were dead (missing) (including 15 people who died in forest fires); 579,000 people were evacuated in emergency; the crop damage area was 1948.2 thousand hectares, of which 101.3 thousand hectares had no harvest; 18,500 houses collapsed; direct economic losses due to the disaster were 8.83 billion yuan.