Guizhou Provincial Emergency Management Department reported on October 18 that recently, the Provincial Emergency Management Department, together with the Provincial Department of Natural Resources, the Provincial Department of Water Resources, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Provincial Seismological Bureau, the Provincial Meteorological Bureau and other departments, discussed and analyzed the natural disasters in the third quarter of 2021. After verification, floods were the main natural disasters in the province in the third quarter, and wind, hail, geological and drought disasters also occurred to varying degrees. An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in Qixingguan District. All kinds of natural disasters have caused 463,900 people in 71 counties (cities, districts) in 9 cities (states) to be affected, and 12,100 people have been evacuated and resettled. 410 houses in 124 households collapsed, and 5,964 houses in 3,021 households were damaged to varying degrees; The affected area of crops is 16,300 hectares, including 0.77 million hectares of disasters and 0.17 million hectares of crops. The direct economic loss due to the disaster was 539 million yuan. Compared with the same period of last year, the number of people affected by disasters, the number of houses collapsed, the number of houses damaged to varying degrees and the direct economic losses decreased by 62%, 83%, 73% and 82% respectively, and decreased by 63%, 59%, 53% and 67% respectively compared with the average value of the same period in the past five years.
The main features of natural disasters in the third quarter are:
First, the flood disaster transfer person-times and economic losses accounted for a high proportion. There were 9 regional rainstorms in the whole province, and 63 counties (cities, districts) in 9 cities (prefectures) suffered from floods to varying degrees, with local farmland flooded, houses damaged and infrastructure damaged. There were 10,700 emergency evacuation and resettlement, and the direct economic loss was 456 million yuan, accounting for 88% and 85% of the total number of natural disasters in this quarter respectively.
Second, wind and hail disasters occurred in some places. 22 counties (cities, districts) in 7 cities (states) suffered from wind and hail disasters to varying degrees, resulting in 40,500 people being affected, 7 houses in 4 households collapsed, 344 houses in 188 households were damaged to varying degrees, the affected area of crops was 2500 hectares, and the direct economic loss was 300 million yuan.
Third, the loss of geological disasters is relatively light. Continuous heavy rainfall resulted in full saturation of local soil moisture and loose soil, which induced 7 small-scale geological disasters. 291 people were evacuated and resettled, and the direct economic losses accounted for 2% of the total losses of various natural disasters in this quarter, and the losses were relatively light.
Fourth, the drought time is short and the impact range is small. From July to the beginning of August, the continuous sunny and hot weather caused drought disasters in 7 counties (cities) such as Jinping County, Qiandongnan Prefecture and Libo County, Qiannan Prefecture, causing 207,300 people to be affected, with a crop affected area of 6600 hectares and a direct economic loss of 33 million yuan. In mid-August, there was a large-scale continuous rainfall in the province, and the drought in the drought-stricken areas was lifted.
5. An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in Qixingguan District. At 10: 19 on August 21, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in Qixingguan District (27.12 degrees north latitude and 105.31 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. Three counties (districts and new districts) in Qixingguan, Nayong and Jinhai Lake were affected to varying degrees, and 609 people were evacuated and resettled, causing no casualties, and 436 houses in 189 households were damaged to varying degrees, resulting in a direct economic loss of 1.26 million yuan.