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Rainfall in many places in China has exceeded historical extremes

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> Rainfall in many places in China has exceeded historical extremes. Many places in China are suffering from a new round of heavy rainfall. As of now, China's Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, etc...

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The rainfall in many places in China has exceeded historical extremes. Many places in China are suffering from a new round of heavy rainfall. Up to now, large-scale heavy rains have occurred in many provinces and cities in China, including Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, and Hubei, and local rainfall has exceeded historical extremes. The China Meteorological Administration and the Office of the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters launched Level III emergency response for major meteorological disasters (heavy rain) and Level IV emergency response for flood control respectively in response to this rainfall. Meteorological observation data show that from 08:00 on the 25th to 08:00 on the 26th, heavy rains or heavy rains occurred in the Guanzhong region and southeastern Shaanxi, northeastern Sichuan, northern Chongqing, central and eastern Guizhou, most of Henan, southwestern Anhui, central and western Hubei, northwestern Hunan and northern Jiangxi. Most of the above areas experienced rainfall of 50 to 80 mm. Among them, it reaches 100-247 mm in central and southwestern Henan, 100-181 mm in central Hubei, 100-179 mm in northern Chongqing, 100-167 mm in northwest Hunan, 100-127 mm in the Guanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi, and 100-130 mm in central Guizhou. On the 25th, the daily rainfall at 34 national-level meteorological observation stations including the Guanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi, central Henan, and central and western Hubei exceeded the historical extreme value for the same period in May. Among them, Xi'an City's rainfall reached 66.5 mm yesterday, breaking the original historical extreme value of 57.9 mm (May 25, 1987). Kaifeng City broke the 50 mm precipitation record in late May since 1974. The Central Meteorological Observatory will continue to issue yellow rainstorm warnings at 10:00 on May 26. It is expected that in the next 24 hours, there will be heavy rains in parts of central and southern Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, western Zhejiang, most of Jiangxi, southeastern Hunan, western Fujian, eastern Guangxi, and central and western Guangdong, including local heavy rains of 100 to 200 mm. It is understood that the National Defense Headquarters held a chamber of commerce on the morning of the 26th to conduct spot checks on the provincial, municipal, and county flood control duties in more than 10 provinces, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hunan. Jiangxi, Guizhou, and other provinces’ flood control headquarters and the Yangtze River and Pearl River Flood Control Headquarters have successively launched flood control level IV emergency responses. At the same time, the Central Meteorological Observatory also conducted intensive discussions, and the Fengyun-2F star launched high-frequency sub-regional observations, with the observation frequency being once every 6 minutes. After receiving the Level III emergency response order for major meteorological disasters (heavy rain) on the 25th, the provincial meteorological bureaus of Hubei, Shandong, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, and Guangdong entered the corresponding emergency response level based on the province's study and judgment of the heavy precipitation process, and issued heavy rain warning information to the public through various channels. Ma Xuejian, chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological Observatory, said that this heavy precipitation process has a large impact. The weather system moved out of the eastern Sichuan Basin and developed toward the northeast with a moderate moving speed. The entire process lasted for a long time and will affect Guizhou, Jiangnan, South China and other places. Strong convective weather such as thunderstorms, strong winds and hail will occur in the eastern part of the Southwest, Jiangnan, and South China.

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