The difference between heavy rain and rainstorm

1, and the precipitation is different: the precipitation in 24 hours of rainstorm is more than 50 mm; 24-hour precipitation in rainstorm is 25-49.9mm..

2. Different hourly precipitation: the hourly precipitation in rainstorm is greater than16mm; The hourly precipitation of rainstorm is 8.1-16.0mm. ..

3. Different warning signals: rainstorm warning signals are blue, yellow, orange and red; There is no special rainstorm warning signal.

4. Different hazards: rainstorm is easy to cause geological disasters such as mountain torrents and mudslides; Moreover, heavy rain is prone to water accumulation.

Brief introduction of rainstorm

According to China's meteorological regulations, heavy rainfall with 24-hour precipitation exceeding 50 mm is called rainstorm. Due to the different characteristics of precipitation and topography, the standards of rainstorm and flood are different in different places. Rainstorm is a kind of disastrous weather, which often causes floods and serious soil erosion, leading to major economic losses, such as engineering accidents, dike breaches and crop flooding.