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What losses have been caused by the wind and hail disasters in Anhui and Hunan?

On September 9th-1 1, local wind and hail disasters occurred in Anhui and Hunan, resulting in three deaths and 1 missing. According to the report of Anhui Provincial Civil Affairs Department, 1 person died and 1 person was missing in Quanjiao County, Chuzhou City. According to the report of Hunan Provincial Civil Affairs Department, two people died in Wugang City, Shaoyang City and Taojiang County, Yiyang City.

Wind hail is a meteorological phenomenon that hail is often accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds, and wind hail pollution is integrated with each other. Its main characteristics are: suddenness.

Because of the fast moving speed of thunderstorm and gale, it often goes from clouds to wind and hail. Suddenly, the wind blew hard, hail fell, and the rain poured down, which was extremely fierce. The damage time is short. It usually lasts only a few minutes, rarely more than half an hour. The harm range is small. As the saying goes, "hail hits a line", and its width is generally only 1-2 km. Destructive.

Wind-hail disaster refers to a natural disaster caused by strong convective weather such as hail, thunderstorm and tornado. Because this disastrous weather occurs in cumulonimbus clouds, it is called "convective storm" or "severe thunderstorm", and thunderstorms accompanied by severe hail are also called "hail storm".

Wind and hail disasters, also known as "storm disasters", mainly occur in subtropical and temperate regions, but the frequency and degree of harm vary from place to place. This kind of disaster is one of the natural disasters that often occur in monsoon climate areas such as China and the United States.