1998 flood damage

Yangtze River 1998 Extraordinary Flood

Disaster situation:

In July, the flood volume of main stations in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River exceeded 1954, of which Yichang Station121500 million cubic meters exceeded 1954.45 billion cubic meters, and Hankou Station164.8 billion cubic meters exceeded1954. The main dike of the Yangtze River burst at Jiujiang levee and was successfully blocked in a few days.

Reason:

Since June, there have been three continuous large-scale heavy rainfall processes in the Yangtze River Basin. The first time is June 12 to 27. There are frequent rainstorms in most parts of the south of the Yangtze River. The rainfall in Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui and other areas is more than normal 1 times, and more than 2 times in the north of Jiangxi. The second time was from July 4 to 25. Rainfall along the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges area, north-central Jiangxi, northwest Hunan and other areas is 50% to 2 times higher than normal. The third time was from the end of July to the end of August. The rainfall in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Hanshui River Basin, eastern Sichuan, Chongqing, southwestern Hubei and northwestern Hunan is 2 to 3 times more than normal. Affected by rainfall, the Yangtze River has been flooded for the second time since 1954.

Loss:

Crops were affected by the disaster 1.080.7 hectares, but the harvest was 728 1.000 hectares, and the total harvest was 25 1.5 million hectares; 1016.92 million people were affected, 70.947 million people were affected, 2 140 people died, 1522436 people were injured, and 10447 million people were transferred urgently; 3.5 million houses collapsed, 7.32 million houses were damaged, and 6.5438+0.757 million large livestock died; The direct economic loss was 654.38+045.09 billion yuan.