The Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Office of the National Disaster Reduction Committee, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the Bureau of Statistics, the Forestry Bureau, the Seismological Bureau, the Meteorological Bureau, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, the Oceanic Administration and the China Red Cross Society, discussed and analyzed the national natural disasters in April.
2065438+April 2002, all kinds of natural disasters caused 28.902 million people to be affected, 69 people died, 4 people were missing, 224,000 people were resettled urgently, and 5.286 million people needed assistance. The affected area of crops is 2494.9 thousand hectares, of which 250.4 thousand hectares will not be harvested; 1 10000 houses collapsed or were seriously damaged, and 272,000 houses were generally damaged; The direct economic loss was 654.38+05.37 billion yuan.
Generally speaking, natural disasters in April were mainly drought, wind and hail, and floods, low-temperature freezing, snowstorms, earthquakes, sandstorms, mountain collapses, landslides, mudslides, forest fires and other disasters also occurred to varying degrees, and the disaster situation was obviously heavier than that in the same period in recent years. Mainly presents the following characteristics:
-There are frequent strong convective weather in the south, and heavy losses are caused by wind and hail disasters. In April, the southern region suffered six severe convective weather processes, in which the days of severe convective weather in Jiangnan and South China reached 5 days-10, and the resulting wind and hail disaster * * * caused 43 deaths or disappearances, and more than 65,438+million houses collapsed or were seriously damaged. Strong convective weather occurred many times in southeastern Guizhou, most of Jiangxi, northern Hunan and northeastern Hunan, resulting in 12 deaths, and 364,000 people needed emergency resettlement and life assistance.
-the drought in the northern agricultural areas has eased, and the drought in the southwest has continued to develop. In April, the rainfall in Northeast China, North China, Huanghuai and other places reached 10 mm -50 mm, with some areas exceeding 50 mm, which effectively improved the soil moisture, was very beneficial to the growth and development of winter wheat in the north and spring sowing, and further alleviated the drought in northern agricultural areas. The drought in southwest China continues to develop, especially in most parts of central Yunnan, where it is sunny and hot with little rain, and the water storage in reservoirs and ponds is seriously insufficient, making it difficult for people and animals to drink water.
-Geological disasters caused heavy casualties and earthquakes caused minor losses. In April, rainfall caused many geological disasters such as landslides and landslides, resulting in 13 deaths. Among them, a landslide occurred in Ma Po Township, Yuzhong County, Gansu Province on April 20th, killing four people. The seismic activity in Chinese mainland is relatively weak, and there is no earthquake of magnitude 5 or above. Earthquakes of magnitude 3-4 were mainly concentrated in Tibet and Xinjiang, mostly in shallow earthquakes, with slight losses.
-The northern part of China has been repeatedly attacked by dust, and the situation of forest fires is stable. In April, there were five sandstorms in northern China, and Beijing, Hebei and Xinjiang were affected to varying degrees. The frequency and intensity of sandstorms are the same as 20 1 1 in the same period. Forest fires in China are generally stable, with * * forest fires 1779, mainly in Hubei and Hunan.