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Rainstorm in Shenzhen

2008-06- 15

The rain belt over Pengcheng is like an inexhaustible water pipe, which continuously pours rainwater into Pengcheng. As of the afternoon of June 13, 2008, Shenzhen was hit by a once-in-50-year torrential rain, with daily rainfall exceeding 250 mm in northwest, central and northeast regions. Since the end of May this year, heavy rains in South China have caused floods in some cities and counties. According to meteorologists, cold air and warm and humid airflow are the initiators of heavy rainfall and lightning weather in Jiangnan and South China. The prosperous cold air in the north met the warm and humid airflow in the southwest with a lot of water vapor in the process of going south, which was evenly matched. After fierce collision, it produced a violent upward movement, formed a rainfall belt in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and pressed southward into Guangdong. The recent high humidity in Shenzhen provides an opportunity for the accumulation of unstable energy in the atmosphere, leading to frequent strong convective weather.

As of yesterday afternoon, the accumulated rainfall in Shenzhen this year has exceeded 1 100 mm, which is about 50% more than the 723 mm in the same period last year. At 3: 50 a.m. on June 13, the retaining wall of the residents' group from Xia Community to Xi Community in Song Yuan, guanlan street collapsed under the impact of continuous immersion for one year, resulting in the collapse of 1 simple houses under the wall and the burial of 1 people in the house; At 4: 55, another retaining wall collapsed in Tianbeiyi Village, Fumin Community. After receiving two accident reports, the street leaders on duty immediately rushed to the scene to deal with them, and the fire department, public security department, land, community, hospital and other departments, main street leaders and related leaders rushed to the scene to organize rescue. In the accident, guanlan street's house collapsed, causing four deaths, of which 1 person in Xiaqu, Song Yuan died on the spot. Four people were trapped in Fumin Community, and two of them died on the spot. 1 People were seriously injured and sent to hospital for rescue and died, 1 People were slightly injured. At present, the injured are in stable condition. A couple selling fruit was electrocuted in Tangxiayong New Village, Songgang Street.

The reporter learned from Baoan District and Songgang Street that from June 2 1 day to June 13 17, the rainfall in Songgang Street was 500mm, including 8: 00 to 9: 20 13, and the rainfall in one hour reached 1 17. The affected area of the whole street is about 15 square kilometers, and the severely affected area is about 5 square kilometers. 265438 houses and 354 factories were flooded, and the deepest part of the flood exceeded 100 meter. Among them, Yanchuan, Luotian, Tangxiayong and Bitou communities were seriously flooded, mainly for roads, factories and houses in low-lying areas. 13 At noon, in Tangxiayong New Village of this street, some residential houses were flooded, with the deepest part exceeding 1 meter. A couple who were selling fruit stalls were electrocuted. In the afternoon, an old house full of sundries collapsed in Village 4 of Tantou Community, causing 10 casualties.