What is the situation like when Yulin encounters heavy rainfall and water accumulation?

From 8:00 on August 6 to 22:00 on August 7, thundershowers and local heavy rain occurred in most places in Yulin City. Among them, Yihe Town in Suide County was the most severely affected, and some road sections in Yulin City were severely flooded. Relevant departments are actively organizing and carrying out rescue and disaster relief work.

In the early morning of August 7, some towns in Suide County were hit by heavy rainfall. The rainfall ranged from 11.4 to 151.2 millimeters. Among them, Yihe Town had the largest rainfall and was particularly severely affected. Floods overflowed the town. The streets in the district were as high as 2 meters, causing silt accumulation on the streets, water damage to stores and houses, and power supply interruptions. According to preliminary statistics, the floods affected 25,497 people in the county, 7,870 people were urgently relocated, 1,107.5 hectares of crops were affected, and direct economic losses reached 73.518 million yuan, of which about 60 million yuan was in Yihe Town.

On the evening of the 7th, short-term heavy rainfall also occurred in Jinjie Town, Shenmu City, Yulin, with the precipitation exceeding 50 mm. Rainfall caused water on the road to be about one meter deep, and some vehicles were submerged in the water. The local fire department rushed to evacuate the trapped people.

At present, the Yulin Public Security Traffic Police immediately launched a severe weather emergency plan, and all police officers quickly went to the front line of the road to actively divert traffic, help the trapped people, and restore traffic in a timely manner to ensure the safe travel of the people to the greatest extent.