Geography (About Yangzhou Natural Disasters)

Yangzhou News Network In recent days, bursts of spring thunder have passed by along with rolling rain, and the spring that people are looking forward to has arrived. However, these bursts of spring thunder that resound across the sky bring not only beautiful spring to the world, but also disasters. On March 31, a peasant woman in Qingshan, Yizheng, was struck by lightning while picking up stones on the mountain and died on the spot. On the same day, a farmhouse in Zhenzhou, Yizheng, and Xihu in the urban area was also struck by lightning, with a large hole in the roof.

Yesterday afternoon, the Municipal Work Safety Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Association, Municipal Meteorological Bureau and Municipal Meteorological Society jointly held the "Lightning Prevention and Disaster Reduction Publicity Week" event with the theme of "Lightning Prevention and Disaster Reduction Serving Society". Experts told reporters that due to their special geographical location, rural areas have become the hardest-hit areas by lightning disasters. Statistics also show that in recent years, all lightning injuries in our city have occurred in rural areas.

A peasant woman in Qingshan fell under the thunder

At about 10 a.m. on March 31, there were intense or intermittent thunderstorms in the Yizheng area, and the thunder kept ringing in my ears. Thunder rang out and lightning kept flashing in front of the eyes. As usual, Zhang, a farmer from Qingshan Town, and others came to the mountain to pick up rain flower stones at the sand and quarry in the town. Suddenly, after a thunder, Zhang fell down without waiting for an ambulance. Upon arrival, Zhang was already dead.

Reporters rushed to the site of the incident in Qingshan Town yesterday. Locals told reporters that Zhang was 45 years old and that the place where he was struck by lightning was on the top of a mountain, the highest point in the area. After reaching the top of the mountain, the reporter found that there were hundreds of bags of Yuhua stones stored where Zhang fell. Mr. Zhu, who was picking up stones at the scene with Zhang at the time of the incident, told reporters that at around 10 o'clock that morning, there was a thunderstorm in the sky. After picking up stones, the farmer woman Zhang and another person sat on a bag filled with Yuhua stones to rest. When Mr. Zhu just put on one sleeve of his raincoat, he felt a sudden numbness all over his body. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the two people sitting on the rain flower stone bag had fallen down. What appeared in front of Mr. Zhu's eyes was a burst of whitening. The smoke smells particularly unpleasant. A closer look revealed that half of the farmer's body was scorched, and she died before the ambulance arrived. Another person was hit, but fortunately his life was not in danger.

Villagers in Zhenzhou were struck by lightning and their roofs were broken.

Almost at the same time, Mr. Wang, a farmer in Zhenzhou, Yizheng, also encountered the most terrifying moment in his life.

According to Mr. Wang, because it was Saturday, he took a nap at home. In his sleep, he vaguely heard thunder. At about 10 o'clock, he was suddenly awakened by a thunder explosion. , and then, he heard a "crash" sound, and the tiles on the roof fell one after another. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and quickly got out of bed, otherwise he might have been injured by the random tiles.

Mr. Wang said that the roof that was struck by lightning was just above the bed. When he rolled out of bed and saw that the bed in front of him was covered with broken tiles and a big hole appeared in the roof, he was shocked. , my mind went blank. He told reporters that not only was a big hole in the roof struck by lightning, but the windows at the stairwell were also broken, and the power switch at the stairway was burned black. Fortunately, household appliances such as refrigerators were unplugged in advance and were not damaged. Otherwise, the economic losses would be even greater.

Five people died due to lightning strikes in Yangzhou in the past two years

Director Jiang Changji, director of the Municipal Lightning Prevention and Disaster Reduction Center, said that according to statistics from the Municipal Lightning Prevention and Disaster Reduction Center on lightning strikes that occurred in our city, In the past two years, there have been 45 lightning strikes that caused disasters in our city. Among them, 5 people were killed and 1 was seriously injured due to lightning strikes. At the same time, lightning strikes damaged the network systems of some agencies, enterprises and institutions, and caused serious losses to computers, air conditioners, televisions and other household appliances in many residents' homes. The direct economic losses caused by lightning strikes in our city reached tens of millions of yuan.

At about 2:30 pm on July 25, 2005, a villager in Sheyanghu Town, Baoying County, was unfortunately struck by lightning and died while working in the fields.

At about 7 pm on July 30, 2005, a wire near a distribution room in Yangmiao Town, Hanjiang District was damaged by lightning. A 53-year-old local farmer encountered this when passing by. He was electrocuted by a power line and died after resuscitation failed.

During the lightning storm on August 17, 2005, a villager in Huangcheng Town, Baoying County was struck by lightning while fishing by the river and died on the spot.

At about 3 pm on July 2, 2006, Gaoyou City was hit by a severe thunderstorm. A 37-year-old farmer in Xiejia Town was struck and killed by lightning while applying fertilizer in the field.

On August 26, 2006, a man in Wujian Town, Jiangdu, was struck by lightning and fell into the water while boating in the river and died.

The "hardest hit areas" for lightning casualties are in rural areas

Meteorological department statistics show that the "hardest hit areas" for lightning casualties in our city are mainly concentrated in rural areas.

Jiang Changji believes that the main reason is that the rural area is vast and there are no lightning protection measures for field operations. The Yizheng farmer woman Zhang was struck by lightning at the top of a mountain. There was no lightning protection device on the top of the mountain, so she was easily hit by lightning. Moreover, there was a thunderstorm at the time, and the rainwater on the woman's body became a conductive medium.

Jiang Changji believes that when some farmers are working in fields or open fields, the moist surface soil has low electrical resistance. In such an environment, the height of a person who "stands out from the crowd" becomes the best target for lightning strikes. In addition, most labor tools are made of metal and are easy to conduct electricity. Farmers often take chances and lack the necessary knowledge of personal safety protection. They do not avoid thunderstorms, making this group of people extremely vulnerable to lightning strikes.

Experts point out that judging from the current situation, most rural houses are not equipped with lightning protection devices, which is one of the reasons why rural residents are more susceptible to lightning strikes.

Thunder disasters are unpredictable due to climate warming

“According to traditional meteorological analysis, lightning disasters generally occur from May to August every year, but due to changes in the climate now, The time of thunder and lightning has become uncertain, and lightning disasters are possible in early spring and late autumn. "Director Jiang Changji said that the main reason is the deterioration of the global environment and climate warming, which has led to the uncertainty of the current time of thunder and lightning. . In March this year, our city ushered in a spring thunderstorm since the beginning of spring. The spring thunder caused some residents' household appliances to be damaged. This spring thunder also reminded the meteorological department: the timing of thunder and lightning has become irregular.

Therefore, in the past, the time of high lightning incidence in people's impression has been advanced or delayed. People should always improve their awareness of preventing disasters caused by lightning, master more knowledge about lightning protection, and keep an extra precaution at all times. Ray's mind.

Experts teach you knowledge about lightning protection

In response to frequent lightning disasters in recent years, Director Jiang Changji reminded farmers to learn necessary lightning protection knowledge, understand some lightning protection common sense, and build houses. Be sure to install a lightning rod. When working in the fields, when there is a sudden thunderstorm, some farmers often take long strides to rush home. Director Jiang Changji reminded that this is actually very dangerous, because when running with long strides, there is a gap between the legs. The potential difference increases and the step voltage increases, which increases the chance of being struck by lightning. When farmers working in the open air encounter thunderstorms, the correct approach should be to temporarily find a safe place to squat down to prevent being struck by lightning.

When encountering thunderstorms, in addition to being careful not to stand under a big tree to take shelter from the rain or use a mobile phone, it is also not advisable to hold an umbrella with a metal handle or hold a metal object in a relatively open area, and it is not advisable to move quickly Driving a motorcycle or riding a bicycle is not suitable for outdoor ball sports.

Yangzhou is a highly or moderately vulnerable area to thunder disasters

In November 2006, experts from the Jiangsu Provincial Meteorological Observatory drew and published a lightning disaster map for the first time in Jiangsu. Most areas of Yangzhou It is an area with high or moderate vulnerability to thunder hazards.

According to experts from the Jiangsu Provincial Meteorological Observatory, the highly vulnerable areas to lightning include Suzhou, Wuxi, eastern Changzhou, urban Nanjing, Yangzhong in Zhenjiang, and Jingjiang in Taizhou, covering an area of ??7,675 square kilometers, accounting for approximately the total area of ??the province. 7.5%.

The highly vulnerable areas to thunder disasters include Nantong and Taizhou along the river, southern Yangzhou, eastern Zhenjiang, western Changzhou, suburbs of Nanjing and Gaochun County, covering an area of ??11,952 square kilometers, accounting for approximately 11.8% of the total area of ??the province. .

Moderately vulnerable areas to thunder disasters include the northern parts of Nantong, Taizhou, and Yangzhou cities, as well as parts of Huai'an. The eastern part of the district is the Lixiahe area with dense water network, and the western part is Hongze Lake and Gaoyou Lake.

The low-vulnerability area to thunder disasters is in northern Jiangsu, including Lianyungang, most of Xuzhou, Yancheng and northern Huai'an. Reporter Liu Jibao Gu Yidong

Yangzhou News On November 15, Yangzhou City officially issued and implemented the "Natural Disaster Relief Emergency Plan" to clarify the work responsibilities of various government departments and units in the event of major and sudden natural disasters. In order to carry out disaster relief in an efficient and orderly manner and minimize disaster losses.

It is understood that this plan applies to losses and hazards caused by floods, droughts, earthquakes, wind hail, typhoons, snowstorms, frost, low temperatures, pests and diseases, landslides and other abnormal natural phenomena. The plan requires that after a natural disaster occurs, the government in the disaster area must quickly organize relevant departments to investigate and verify the disaster situation, and report the preliminary disaster situation to the higher-level people's government and relevant departments within 3 hours of the disaster. From then on, the development of the disaster will be reported daily. Within 2 days after the disaster ends, report the disaster situation and relief work after the disaster is approved. Disaster reports must not conceal, lie, delay or fail to report.

In order to ensure efficient and orderly emergency rescue after sudden natural disasters, Yangzhou City has set response work into three response levels according to different disaster levels, and has clarified the response work procedures for each level. .

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