Gongyi Meteorological Director was rescued after being washed away by floods. What is his current situation?
The meteorological director of Gongyi was washed away by the flood and was rescued. Fortunately, he was not seriously ill and returned home that night.
The impact of heavy rainfall in many places in Henan continues. On the evening of July 20, the Gongyi Municipal Emergency Management Bureau suddenly failed to contact Zhao Jianbiao, director of the Gongyi Municipal Meteorological Bureau, after many attempts.
At 22:05, The Paper reporter finally contacted Wang Senbiao, the head of the Gongyi Meteorological Observatory, after many attempts. It said that heavy rainfall on the 20th caused power and communication interruptions. They were no longer able to upload real-time weather updates, and communication power supply has not yet been restored.
Wang Senbiao revealed to The Paper that on the morning of the 20th, Zhao Jianbiao, director of the Gongyi Municipal Meteorological Bureau, went to the municipal government to report on meteorological work. There was heavy rainfall on the way back, and Director Wang was washed away by the water. He was not rescued by the masses until the afternoon. Fortunately, he was not seriously ill and returned home that night.
"At around three o'clock in the afternoon on the 20th, the employees of our meteorological station have organized self-rescue, mainly to move the meteorological observation equipment to a safe location. There are currently six or seven people in the station, and we are all safe now. , living in the dormitory. The meteorological collection work at the station is currently carried out normally, but due to power outages and communication interruptions, meteorological information cannot be uploaded to the national station normally," Wang Senbiao said.
The rain in Henan came quickly and heavily:
Since the night of July 17, heavy rains, heavy rains, and local heavy rains have fallen in Henan Province. Heavy rainfall is mainly concentrated in the western, northern and central regions, with extremely heavy rains occurring in Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo, Xinxiang, Luoyang, Nanyang, Pingdingshan, Jiyuan, Anyang, Hebi and Xuchang.
Monitoring shows that from 17:00 on the 19th to 17:00 on the 20th, heavy rains occurred in most of the province, and extremely heavy rains occurred in Zhengzhou, Xuchang, Xinxiang and other areas. The average rainfall in the province is 73.1 mm. The average rainfall in Zhengzhou, Xuchang and Xinxiang are: 286.5 mm, 141.5 mm and 129.6 mm respectively. There are 2,587 rainfall stations with rainfall exceeding 50 mm, 1,198 with rainfall exceeding 100 mm, and 311 with rainfall exceeding 250 mm. The maximum precipitation occurred in Jianggang, Zhengzhou City, with 584.0 mm.
China Weather Network meteorological analyst Zhang Juan said that from 8:00 on the 19th to 8:00 on the 20th, Songshan's 364.6 mm and Xinmi's 254.9 mm were the first heavy rainstorms in the area, and many stations broke through Single-day precipitation record in July.
Like Songshan, the cumulative rainfall here is large, persistent and powerful. From the 18th to 16:00 on the 20th, the cumulative rainfall in Songshan and Xinmi has reached 557 mm and 512.7 mm. Zhengzhou 19 A heavy rainstorm of 166 mm occurred on the same day, which was the strongest single-day rainfall since the beginning of the flood season. The heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou continued on the 20th, with 201.9 mm of rainfall in a single hour between 16 and 17 o'clock.
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