Beijing News (Reporter Wang Jixin) On July 6, northern Jiangsu suffered heavy storms, and many places in Xuzhou were hit by hail. The severity of the disaster was unprecedented in recent years. On the same day, in Sihong County, Suqian City, strong winds poured down with hail, and a layer of fist-sized hail was instantly piled up on the surface, and the gusts of wind in Chenxu Township reached level 11. The farmland that was most affected by northern Jiangsu this time even had no harvest.
Shouxian corn that has been affected to varying degrees. Photo provided by the interviewee
On July 6, many townships in northern Feng County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province were severely affected by strong winds and hail disasters, mainly concentrated in the county's Shouxian, Shunhe, Huankou , Zhaozhuang and other towns. Preliminary statistics were 12,461 mu of corn, severely affected area, 17,800 mu of severely affected area, and 21,700 mu of unfinished area; 7,500 mu of cotton, severely affected area, 6,620 mu of severely affected area, and 22,500 mu of unfinished area; 2,000 mu of vegetable, with 10,200 mu of unfinished area; 1,800 mu of fruit trees, and about 10,000 mu of soybean and rice. The crops are expected to lose 106 million yuan.
Beijing News Rural Channel reporter interviewed Liu Chenghong, chairman of the People's Congress of Shouxian Town, Fengxian County, Xuzhou City. The other party said, "Shouxian suffered heavy rainfall on the morning of the 6th. As of 20:00 that day, the area of corn, cotton and vegetables affected was preliminaryly counted for more than 10,000 mu, of which the area of the unfinished harvest was between 6,000 and 7,000 mu. There will be exact figures at 12:00 noon on the 7th. There are no casualties."
Shouxian Town affected cotton fields. Photo provided by the interviewee
Then, the reporter contacted Li Song, a propaganda committee member of Shouxian Town. According to Li Song, the severity of this hail disaster is unprecedented in recent years. The affected areas of mild, severe, and different degrees of harvest are more than 8,000 mu of cotton, more than 5,000 mu of corn, more than 4,000 mu of vegetables (mainly grown peppers), and more than 400 mu of soybeans.
Beijing News Rural Channel reporter learned from Shouxian Town, "After receiving the weather warning from the county meteorological department in the morning, the town government quickly notified all villages to do a good job in prevention. A disaster relief leading group was established with the main party and government leaders as the group leader, and the agriculture, civil affairs, emergency departments as members, and the town cadres went deep into the affected villages to investigate the disaster situation. Shouxian Town's 7 villages were affected: Quge, Wenzhuang, Nanlou, Gezhuang, Wangtang (Xiaobizhuang), Tianzhuang, and Zhangji. According to preliminary statistics: Cotton was affected by 891 4 acres, 4,585 acres of pepper, 5,354 acres of corn, 466 acres of soybeans. "
Li Song said: "After the disaster, the agricultural department of Shouxian Town immediately went to the fields to guide the affected people to carry out self-rescue. According to the disaster, we will study the next step of agricultural production work, take remedial measures, and those who are lodged should be straightened, and those who are not harvested should be guided to plant crops with a shorter cycle."
Suqian City Sihong County , hail poured down. The respondent provided
A hail video from Sihong County, Suqian City, showing that strong winds poured down with hail, and a layer of fist-sized hail was instantly piled up on the surface. The reporter contacted the Sihong County Government of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. The local duty staff confirmed to the reporter that among the 22 townships and 3 streets of Sihong County, both of the two townships and Caomiao Township and and Guiren Town suffered hail and strong winds.
Sihong County Government duty personnel told reporters that the weather forecast for Sihong County on the 6th was that as of 17:00 that day, the cumulative precipitation at the observation station of the Meteorological Bureau was 53.8 mm, and the maximum precipitation was 104.2 mm. The maximum wind speed in the county occurred in Chenxu Township, where the gusts in the township were level 11. The duty staff told reporters that the disaster information is still under statistics.
Beijing News reporter Wang Jixin
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