Blizzard in 2008

According to CCTV's "Economic Information Network" report, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the rain and snow weather affected a wide range, causing Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other/0/4 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) to be affected. The affected area and depth are rare since the founding of the People's Republic of China. At present, the rain and snow weather has caused direct economic losses of 654.38+05.34 billion yuan.

Wang, director of the Disaster Relief Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said: "Judging from the overall disaster situation, the national 14 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have been seriously affected.

In the same degree of snowstorm, the affected population in China has reached nearly 60 million, which is the first time that a disaster process of this magnitude has occurred since the founding of the People's Republic of China, that is, in the past 30 years. "

As of 8: 00 on October 27th, 65438/kloc-0, the rainy and snowy weather since October 27th has caused 5835 10/00000 people to be affected and 18 people to die in Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Hubei and other provinces and cities. 14. After the disaster occurred, the Ministry of Civil Affairs launched an emergency plan in time. At present, 352,000 people have been urgently transferred and resettled.

According to our reporter, yesterday, moderate to heavy snow fell in South China and Jianghuai areas, resulting in snow on the runway. Changsha, Guiyang and other 19 airports were closed one after another. China Southern Airlines cancelled 55 flights at Baiyun Airport alone, and nearly 10,000 passengers were stranded at Baiyun Airport during the peak period. According to the forecast of the meteorological department of China Southern Airlines, the bad weather in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will last until 65438+1October 3 1. At the same time, the reporter learned that as the "hardest hit by snowstorms", a large number of passengers were stranded at Changsha and Wuhan airports yesterday. Among them, the most serious Changsha Huanghua Airport canceled nearly 100 round-trip flights, resulting in more than 6,000 people stranded at the airport.

Hunan: Huanghua Airport is still closed.

There was a traffic jam in Hunan section of Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, with more than 20,000 vehicles stranded on the expressway and more than 60,000 drivers and passengers stranded. Changsha Huanghua Airport, which was scheduled to sail at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, will be closed at least until this morning 10, and whether it will sail at that time depends on the weather. As of yesterday morning 10, 25.22 million people in Hunan province 14 cities, prefectures, 1 12 counties and cities were affected to varying degrees.

Hubei: Seven cities issued snowstorm warnings.

At about 3 pm yesterday, Wuhan Central Meteorological Observatory issued a blizzard red warning signal to seven cities in the province. According to the latest data analysis, there will be moderate to heavy snow in all parts of Hubei from the evening of 27th to 28th, and the snowfall center is concentrated in the central and eastern parts of Hubei.

Jiangxi: Inter-provincial passenger transport has all stopped.

As of yesterday, freezing rain had occurred in 57 counties and cities in the province, and the emergency plan for early warning of major meteorological disasters launched the day before yesterday was upgraded from level 3 to level 2. Nanchang Changbei International Airport is expected to be closed until noon today 12. Due to the closure of the expressway, the staff of Changbei Airport can't work normally, and some people have been working continuously for 4 days. The inter-provincial passenger buses of Jiangxi Changyun have all stopped at present.

Yunnan: Several major highways were interrupted.

As of yesterday morning, about 654.38 million people in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province suffered from snowstorms. Shangri-La Airport in Diqing has been closed, and many highway traffic trunk lines such as Shangri-La to Deqin, Deqin to Weixi, Shangri-La to Weixi, Shangri-La to Sichuan Township have been interrupted, and rural roads in Quanzhou have been basically interrupted.

Anhui: The province's expressways are closed.

Yesterday morning, moderate to heavy snow appeared again in most areas of Anhui Province, and the snowstorm in some areas was further aggravated. According to the provincial communications department, the highways in the province were closed at noon yesterday 12.

Fujian: Yellow warning of road icing

Fujian Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a yellow warning signal for road icing yesterday. Highway passenger transport in this province has not been affected, but some trains cannot arrive at Fuzhou and Xiamen railway stations on time.

Jiangsu: Road transportation is almost paralyzed.

The snowfall in Jiangsu continued yesterday. Affected by large-scale snowfall and icing, highways in the province are closed except for some sections in northern Jiangsu. Road transport in this province is almost paralyzed.

Guizhou: 4 1 power failure in cities and counties.

Due to the continuous deterioration of weather conditions, the low-voltage distribution lines below 220 kV in Guizhou power grid have been damaged to varying degrees. As of yesterday, 4 1 cities and counties in Guizhou province have been affected by power outages. In terms of transportation, Guiyang Airport was opened yesterday afternoon. Except for the direction to Hunan, the trains from Guiyang to other places have basically resumed.

Zhejiang: More than 2 million passengers were blocked.

It was still snowing in most parts of Zhejiang Province yesterday. Ice and snow weather caused more than 30,000 buses in Zhejiang to stop, and more than 2 million passengers were affected.

Guangxi: 14 low temperature freezing in prefecture-level cities

Low-temperature freezing disasters occurred in different degrees in Guangxi 14 prefecture-level cities, with a population of 5.309 million. The Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a four-level response to the national emergency plan for natural disaster relief in Guangxi and sent a working group to guide the disaster relief work. Guilin, located in the north of Guangxi, is seriously affected by freezing snow. Yesterday, the temperature in downtown Guilin dropped to-1℃.

At 6: 30 pm yesterday, the Provincial Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning of snowstorm: in the future 12 hours, the snowfall in some counties and cities of Xinyang, Nanyang, Zhumadian, Zhoukou, Luohe, Pingdingshan, Xuchang and Shangqiu will be more than 6 mm 65438+1at 2 am on October 26, and the third heavy snowfall began to hit Xinyang. In the next three days, Xinyang will continue to snow, and the degree of snow and freezing will deepen.