Heavy rainstorms hit Yulin City. Houses collapsed and trees were blown down. Safe driving is the most important thing!

On the afternoon of March 25, Yulin City encountered strong convective weather, with short-term thunderstorms, strong winds, thunder and lightning, short-term heavy precipitation and hail. The Yulin Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow thunderstorm warning at 13:12 on the 25th, an orange warning for hail at 14:46, an orange rainstorm warning at 15:16, a blue gale warning at 16:9, and an updated yellow gale warning at 17:00. .

Monitoring shows that due to the simultaneous influence of high-altitude troughs and warm and humid airflow, from 15:00 to 18:00 on the 25th, Fumian District, Xingye County, Yuzhou District, and Yudong New District successively appeared from west to east Strong winds, thunder and lightning, and heavy rainfall were detected. The maximum wind speed monitored was level 9. Among them, hail weather occurred in Shanxin Town, Shinan Town, and Xiaopingshan Town in Xingye County.

Among the 245 monitoring stations in Yulin City, 64 stations experienced heavy rain and 26 stations experienced heavy rain. Heavy rainfall mainly occurred in the north of Yulin City, with the largest rainfall occurring in Shanxin Town, Xingye County, with a rainfall of 93 mm.

Two steel-structured houses in Yulin City collapsed due to strong winds, injuring three people. Yulin Fire Emergency Response.

At about 17:00 on March 25, Yulin was hit by strong winds. The strong winds caused the steel structure roofs of Fuqiang Furniture Mall and a car repair shop on Yihuan North Road in the city to collapse, injuring three people.

At 17:03, the Yulin Fire Rescue Detachment Command Center received an alarm that the steel structure roof of the automobile maintenance workshop had collapsed, and quickly dispatched personnel and equipment to the scene. When firefighters arrived, the six trapped people had been rescued by the people at the scene, and three of them were injured and rushed to the hospital for treatment. A single-story steel frame building covering an area of ??more than 700 square meters collapsed at the scene, and many vehicles that needed to be inspected and repaired were buried. Pressure, fire rescue personnel quickly used life detectors and other equipment to conduct blanket search and rescue, and the disposal was completed at 19:36.

▲The collapse site of Fuqiang Furniture Mall and a car repair workshop on Yihuan North Road.

▲In the residential area next to the Furniture City, many residents’ houses were damaged by large pieces of iron sheet blown by.

▲Search and rescue dogs search for trapped people at the scene.

▲Firefighting officers and soldiers are at the scene.

▲Traffic police maintained order at the scene.

At 17:11, the Yulin City Fire Rescue Detachment Command Center received another alarm saying that a partial collapse of Fuqiang Furniture City located on Yihuan North Road occurred, with the collapse area of ??about 1,500 square meters. After receiving the alarm, the fire rescue department quickly mobilized life detectors, drones, search and rescue dogs and other rescue equipment and personnel to rush to the scene. Since it was uncertain whether anyone was trapped at the scene, more than 40 rescuers went deep into the collapsed building to carry out multiple carpet rescue operations. Search and rescue operations found no one trapped.

According to a merchant in Fuqiang Furniture Mall, the steel structure building collapsed within a few seconds of the strong wind. There were more than 60 merchants and customers in the furniture mall at that time.

“At that time, I heard a loud collision of iron sheets and iron frames in the mall. Then I looked around and found that the steel structure houses were collapsing one after another. I immediately ran towards the exit, making loud noises as I ran. Tell everyone to evacuate immediately.” Ms. Deng, the operator of the furniture store, still felt frightened when describing the situation to reporters.

Large blue iron sheets can be seen everywhere in residential areas, and residents are cleaning up the iron sheets scattered in front of their homes. Many residents' houses were smashed by large pieces of iron sheets blown by strong winds, and suffered varying degrees of damage.

The violent storm blew down trees and crushed passing vehicles

Affected by the violent storm, around 17:00 on March 25, a tree was damaged near Tong'an Community on Minzhu Middle Road in Yulin City. The strong wind blew up the middle of the car and hit a white car that was passing by. There was a driver in the car who had escaped from the back door. Fortunately, there was no serious injury. After the accident, the car owner notified the gardening department and the insurance company to handle it.

▲The trees that were broken by the strong wind just hit a car passing by.

▲The trees were broken by the strong wind.

Yulin City has entered the season of severe convective weather

According to the Yulin Meteorological Observatory, there will be thunderstorms in Yulin City from the evening of the 25th to the 26th, with temperatures of 22°C to 28°C. On the 28th, Yulin City will be affected by cold air, with clouds and overcast conditions, thundershowers, local heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms, short-term strong winds, hail and other strong convective weather, and the temperature will drop significantly.

The Meteorological Observatory reminds the general public that the weather changes rapidly in spring, and Yulin City has now entered the season of severe convective weather. Please pay attention to the latest forecast and warning information released by the Meteorological Observatory in a timely manner and take precautions in advance. In addition, sudden changes in weather can easily induce various spring epidemic diseases such as colds. Please add or remove clothing in a timely manner and pay attention to preventing respiratory diseases such as influenza.

Before traveling on rainy days, make reasonable arrangements for your itinerary and try to minimize traveling during thunderstorms!

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