Flooding caused by heavy rain has caused 5 deaths and 6 missing links. Many weather warnings have been issued in Guangdong and Shenzhen.
CCTV News:From April 11th, Guangdong ushered in the longest and strongest heavy rainfall process since the flood season.
The reporter learned from the Shenzhen Emergency Management Bureau that at present, five people have died and six people have lost contact due to the flood caused by the rainstorm in Shenzhen. Among them, four river construction workers in Futian District were washed away, and emergency rescue was started immediately after receiving the report. At around 23 o’clock last night, a worker who was washed away was rescued at the Fengtang estuary sluice and sent to the hospital for treatment. His mental state and physical condition were generally good. As of 8: 15 this morning, rescuers found a body in the river. The reporter learned at the press conference in Futian District at 10: 00 am that the identity of the victim has been verified as a previously lost worker. At present, there are still two workers who have lost contact and the rescue continues. In addition, seven people were washed away at the construction site of the West Lake Hotel in Luohu District, and four people were rescued after rescue, one died and two people lost contact; Five people were washed away at the construction site of the East Lake Park section, and three people were confirmed dead and two people lost contact.
Yesterday (April 11th) at 8 o’clock in the evening, strong convective weather affected Shenzhen. The Shenzhen Meteorological Observatory issued rainstorm yellow, gale yellow and lightning warning signals. At the same time, it also issued the fifth hail warning in the history of Shenzhen. Hail started in Baoan District and Guangming District, and there were short-term rainstorms in many areas.
Since 9 o’clock last night, heavy rains have also suddenly fallen in Futian, Luohu and other areas in Shenzhen. Water accumulated in several sections for a short time, and the deepest part was about 30 mm. Many cars on the road chose to stop driving and dared not wade through. Until 10: 15 pm, the yellow warning of hail in Shenzhen was cancelled; At 11: 15, rainstorm yellow and gale yellow were also cancelled at the same time, and the strong convective weather ended. Shenzhen Sanfang Office said that relevant emergency plans have been started since 8: 00 last night.
From the day of April 11th, Qingyuan in northern Guangdong took the lead in heavy rainfall. In the afternoon, there were strong convective weather processes from west to east in all parts of the Pearl River Delta. "Guangdong Weather" official Weibo issued hail, strong wind and lightning weather in northern Guangzhou, and Zengcheng District issued an orange warning of hail and a Class II emergency response to strong convection at 4 pm. Guangzhou Tianhe, Yuexiu and other places have successively issued orange rainstorm warnings. Within an hour, more than 50 mm of precipitation has occurred in Liwan District, and many roads in Guangzhou have been flooded to varying degrees.
Today, heavy rainfall continued in Guangdong province. Zhanjiang, Gaozhou and other places upgraded the rainstorm warning from yellow to orange at around 8: 00. As of 9: 00 in the morning, 51 counties and cities in Guangdong issued rainstorm warnings and 40 counties and cities issued thunderstorm and gale warnings.
It is predicted that there will be moderate to heavy rain and local heavy rain in northern cities and counties of Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Pearl River Delta and western Guangdong today, and there will be (thunder) showers in other cities and counties. Thunderstorms are accompanied by short-term heavy precipitation and short-term strong winds of magnitude 8 or above. In the next few days, there will still be obvious precipitation in Guangdong.