Direct economic loss caused by severe convective weather in Shaanxi Province is 185 million yuan

Recently, severe convective weather caused many disasters in Shaanxi Province The reporter learned yesterday from the provincial civil affairs department that the disastrous weather such as strong lightning caused a direct economic loss of 185 million yuan in the province Under the common influence of cold air and warm and humid air flow brought by the west wind trough, strong lightning weather appeared in Xi'an, Baoji, Xianyang, Weinan, Tongchuan, Yan'an, Yulin, Ankang, Shangluo and other places since the afternoon of July 31, accompanied by short-term rainstorm and strong wind, with local wind force reaching level 8 Yulin City, Yuyang, Shenmu, Hengshan, Zizhou, Ankang City, Zhenping, Xunyi, Xianyang city and other places were also hit by hail According to the statistics of civil affairs bureaus, the disastrous weather caused 171200 people in 66 townships (towns) of 15 counties (districts) in 5 cities of our province to be affected, and more than 1000 people were relocated in an emergency; the affected area of crops was 25530 hectares, with a total area of 4200 hectares; 388 houses collapsed due to the disaster, 486 houses were seriously damaged, and 321 houses were generally damaged In Weifeng Town, Huxian County, 13.3 hectares of greenhouses collapsed, and the roof of a carton factory building was severely damaged by strong wind; in Tongguan County, 84 greenhouses collapsed, 3000 hectares of corn were damaged, 413 hectares of fruit trees were damaged; in Liangyi Town, Dali County, 28 villages were waterlogged; in Xunyi County, 87 hectares of flue-cured tobacco were affected The disaster caused a direct economic loss of 185 million yuan After the disaster, the departments of civil affairs, water affairs, agriculture and other departments in the disaster area immediately rushed to the affected towns to check the disaster situation, actively organized cadres and people to carry out production self-help, and strive to minimize the disaster losses In the next three days, there will be a large range of rainfall in our province The provincial Civil Affairs Department requires all civil affairs bureaus to pay close attention to the weather change and the development trend of the disaster, and strengthen the flood control duty The disaster data of all regions are under further verification.