How to save yourself when traveling abroad?

Pay attention to lightning strikes in thunderstorm weather.

Traveling in summer and encountering thunderstorms in the wild are more common.

Chen Huailiang, director of Henan Institute of Meteorology, said that if you travel in thunderstorm weather, don't hide under boulders, cliffs and caves. When the current passes through these places, it will produce an arc, which will hurt people who avoid the rain. If the cave is deep, you can try to hide in it. Don't ride a bike or horse in a thunderstorm, or you will be struck by lightning. Don't hide in isolated huts in the wilderness, leave the highlands, and don't take shelter under lonely trees. Also stay away from metal objects.

If tourists are swimming or in a boat, they should go ashore immediately. Even on a big ship, you should hide under the deck.

Special reminder: the car is an ideal place to avoid lightning strikes. Even if lightning strikes a car, it rarely hurts people.

Flash floods and highland escape

Chen Huailiang said that if you travel to mountainous areas, you must know in advance the recent local weather conditions, weather forecast for the next few days and meteorological forecast of geological disasters, and try to avoid traveling to these scenic spots in rainy days or continuous rainy days.

When tourists visit and camp in mountainous areas, they should choose flat highlands as their camp, avoid slopes with rolling stones and a lot of deposits as much as possible, and do not camp at the bottom of valleys and rivers. In case of rainstorm, move quickly and stay away from the valley as far as possible.

A lot of rain will make mountains and rivers rise. For example, tourists walking in a mountain stream can find their way back to the heights when the mountains and rivers soar. If you find that the river has flooded the bridge when you look back, you must cross the river. You can try to cross the river on the section where the river bank is straight and the water flow is not urgent. Generally, the river is wide, and the velocity in shallow water is naturally slow, so it is the best place to cross the river. When wading across the river, swimmers must first fasten the safety rope to find out the depth of the river and whether the riverbed is solid; The tempter swam to the other side, and the others waded again. When there are several people, two or three people can cross the river with each other in their arms.

Special reminder: If mountain torrents break out and you can't go forward or return, you should choose a high plateau or a high cave far away from the place where Hongdaoyuan travels to rest for help.

Vertical climbing under the condition of debris flow

Chen Huailiang said that when traveling in mountainous areas, if it rains, you should pay more attention to the surrounding environment, especially whether you can hear the thundering sound from the distant valley, which is likely to be a sign of debris flow coming.

Once the debris flow is found, it should immediately climb to the slopes on both sides in a vertical direction. The higher you climb, the faster you run. You must never go downstream of a mudslide or hide under a steep mountain. Need to be reminded, remember not to climb trees to avoid, because the power of debris flow is enough to clear all obstacles along the way.

Special reminder: when it rains for a long time, when the rainstorm becomes smaller or the rain just stops, you can't return to the dangerous area immediately, because mudslides often lag behind the onset of rainfall.