Will floods in China affect Vietnam?

According to a warning issued by the China Central Meteorological Station on June 28, during June 28-29, China will continue to experience heavy rain on a large scale, especially in the southern and central provinces. of China will have heavy rain.

According to the warning of the China Central Meteorological Station, in the two days from June 28 to 29, cities such as Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai . will show moderate rain and the rain is very heavy. In particular, some places in Jiangsu, Shanghai will appear heavy rainfall in a short time with rainfall of about 30-50mm / h, some places appear thunderstorms accompanied by unusual weather phenomena.

Aerial photo in Guilin city, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on June 9 - (Photo: XINHUA)

The China Central Meteorological Station also warned localities to do well in preventing floods and storms and preventing flash floods in some mountainous areas.

This is also the 27th day in a row, (from June 2 to June 28) China Central Central Meteorological Station issued a warning about heavy rain in its localities, something that has never been seen before. . According to statistics, the heavy rain lasting from early June to now has caused serious damage to 26 provinces in China, especially in the southern region with more than 11 million people affected.

Of which, nearly 600,000 people had to move to emergency accommodation, 9,300 houses collapsed, 861,000 hectares of crops were damaged, estimated economic losses of about 24.1 billion yuan (about 3.5 billion USD). ). Rainstorms also caused water levels on many of China's major rivers to exceed flood alarming levels.

Before the serious events of the flood situation in this country, on June 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a directive to request localities to do well in storm prevention and rescue as well as rescue work. support people in areas affected by natural disasters.

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Head of Climate Forecasting Department, National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center.

Regarding historical floods in China and people's concerns about the risks that may affect Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Head of Climate Forecasting Department, National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center affirmed: 'The current heavy rain and flood areas in China are mainly concentrated in East and Southeast China and do not affect Vietnam '.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Member of the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, said: 'Floods in southern China currently do not affect Vietnam. All flood waters flow into Japan Sea, not East Sea '.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Member of the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention.

Talking about the risks when floodwaters are pouring into the Three Gorges Dam (China) , Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep said: ' The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province (China), about 70km from Wuhan will not affect the Vietnam . If a flood occurs in Yunnan, it could affect Vietnam. '

Noting the reservoirs in the North of Vietnam about some problems when entering the flood season, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep said: 'Vietnam's large hydroelectric reservoirs have flood control capacity so basically floods with frequency. design capacity is controllable. But the small hydroelectric lake has no flood control capacity, so if the flood control is not well run, it will lead to the risk of floods. Therefore, Deputy Minister Hiep suggested that branches and localities should pay utmost attention to this issue. '

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