Can you still fly in the storm? Summary of Rainstorm Disaster in China in June
Can I still fly in the rainstorm?
I can't. However, if you can refund your ticket or change your flight for free, you'd better contact the airline, although there is a great possibility of flight cancellation in the case of heavy rain.
When a storm passes through the airport, the airport is usually closed. Although it is not uncommon for lightning to hit the plane, the harm caused by lightning will not exceed the level of routine maintenance and review after arrival, and it may be just some minor problems. The real threat of storms lies in downdraft and wind shear. The sudden change of wind speed and direction is a disaster for the aircraft at the critical stage, especially for the aircraft landing, because the approach speed and stall speed of the aircraft are very close, and the change of wind speed may lead to stall.
Heavy rain may also cause the runway to be slippery. When the plane lands, it will affect the landing safety because of insufficient friction coefficient. In some places, airports may even have to be temporarily closed due to short-term heavy rainfall. Because different airports have different ground landing equipment and different take-off and landing safety standards, some airports can continue to operate normally, while others have to be temporarily closed when the visibility is similar. Therefore, when adverse weather conditions occur, in order to ensure the safety of passengers and aircraft, airlines and air traffic control departments will regulate the take-off and landing of flights to varying degrees according to the weather changes, which will inevitably lead to the delay of inbound and outbound flights and the detention of passengers.
: The rainstorm in the past 10 days caused serious disasters in many places in southern China. Eight provinces including Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing and Guizhou were seriously affected. Statistics show that 8 provinces * * * 5710.9 million people were affected, and the direct economic loss reached 654.38+58.9 million yuan, and many fertile fields were not harvested.
Up to now, since June 5th, the flood disaster caused by heavy rainfall in parts of southern China has caused 5710.9 million people in 52 cities (autonomous prefectures) in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) to be affected, with 77 people dead (including 34 in Guangxi) and missing/kloc-. 2 Hunan 1 person, Guizhou 1 person), 372,000 people were resettled urgently, and166,000 people needed emergency living assistance; 1. 1 10,000 houses collapsed and 64,000 houses were damaged to varying degrees; The affected area of crops is 393,000 hectares, of which 54,000 hectares will not be harvested; The direct economic loss was 654.38+05.89 billion yuan.
Up to now, since June 10, floods in some areas of Heilongjiang have affected 55,000 people in 33 counties (cities, districts) such as Harbin, Shuangyashan and Suihua1/kloc-0. The affected area of crops is 24.7 thousand hectares, of which 2.9 thousand hectares will not be harvested; The direct economic loss is nearly 73 million yuan.
According to the forecast of the meteorological department, in the next three days, there will be moderate to heavy rain in parts of eastern northwest, eastern southwest, western and southern South China, among which there will be heavy rain in central Sichuan Basin, northern and western Guizhou and eastern Yunnan. In addition, there are many showers or thunderstorms in Northeast China and North China, and the rainfall distribution is uneven, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term heavy precipitation, thunderstorms or hail.