Top news reporter Zhao Ke
At about 11 o'clock on July 6, the Emergency Management Bureau of Heze City, Shandong Province issued a briefing that on the afternoon of July 5, under the influence of the warm and humid airflow from the southwest of the high-altitude trough and the edge of the subtropical high, Dongming County, Juancheng County and other places in Heze City suddenly had a strong convective tornado natural disaster, causing 88 injuries, of which 5 died after rescue. According to preliminary verification, 2,820 houses were damaged, 60,900 acres of farmland were damaged, and 48 power supply lines were damaged.
On July 7, the top news reporter learned from the Heze Municipal Government that the power supply and water supply facilities in the affected areas of Dongming County have all been restored. The rescue and rescue after the tornado, the aftermath disposal, and the on-site clean-up are still in progress.
Residents recalled: Houses were flooded and trees were broken
Ms. Liu lives near Jiefang Road, Chengguan Street, Dongming County, and her family's bungalow was damaged in many places due to the tornado, and she has now moved out to live elsewhere temporarily.
On July 6, she told the top news reporter that the courtyard walls of her house were made of bricks, and many bricks were blown away by the wind yesterday, coupled with the low-lying terrain, there was a lot of water in the house, and many trees planted in the yard were broken, but fortunately, the house did not collapse, and the family was fine.
"In the afternoon, suddenly the sky turned gray, and a huge gust of wind blew the bricks directly, and everyone was startled." Ms. Liu said that she felt particularly panicked at the time, the yard was in shambles, and the trees were blown to the ground by the strong wind, but fortunately no one was hit.
Ms. Liu said that in order to ensure safety, the family has moved out and will wait a few days to clean up the house and move back.
On the same day, Mr. Chen, who lives in Chengguan Street, said that the basic roads in the county have been smoothed and life has basically returned to normal. However, because the wind is so strong, there are still power poles that have been blown down and trees that have been uprooted on the road. Some old houses in the county are relatively old and have been damaged. There are also some one- and two-story factories, the top of which is mostly iron, which is directly blown away by the wind or lifted up directly, and is also seriously damaged.
Mr. Qi, who lives in Mingdu Jiayuan Community, told the top news reporter that he has been here for more than ten years, and it is the first time he has encountered such a strong wind, when the trucks on the road were blown over, and there were iron sheets, glass, trees and other objects in the wind, which smashed many vehicles, and these damaged vehicles have been towed away.
Mr. Qi said that at present, there are still some collapsed telephone poles and trees on the county roads, but there is no problem with the basic living order.
The county's water supply and power supply have been fully restored
According to the top news reporter, in addition to the county seat, the towns and villages under the jurisdiction of Dongming County were also affected by the tornado, causing varying degrees of damage.
On the 6th, a villager living in Shahe Village, Shawo Town, said that many trees in the village had been blown down, some residents' houses had damaged the roof bricks and tiles, the walls had collapsed, and houses, trees, walls, and crops had been damaged to varying degrees.
A staff member of Chengguan Street, Dongming County, told the top news reporter that after the tornado, the electric power and fire volunteers and other departments began to act overnight, and the road surface in the urban area is basically free of water and has returned to normal.
On the morning of July 7, a staff member of the Heze Municipal Government told the top news reporter that the power supply and water supply facilities in Dongming County have all been restored. At the same time, the government organized relevant departments to count and investigate the houses damaged by the tornado, and adopted the policy of "rescue and maintenance" to deal with the aftermath of the affected residence.
The staff told the top news reporter that because the tornado's path from southwest to northeast is a linear movement, so from the perspective of the entire Heze area, the damage caused by the tornado is not particularly serious, and the affected area involves a small part of Dongming County and Juancheng County.
Tornado disaster weather occurred in Shandong and Shandong
Top News learned from the Shandong Provincial Meteorological Bureau that in addition to Heze, a tornado also occurred in Zibo City. From 13:00 on July 5 to 13:00 on July 6, the maximum wind speed in the province was 38.9 meters per second, and the wind level was preliminarily judged to be 13.
The top news reporter inquired and learned that the tornado is a localized, small-scale, sudden strong convective weather, which is a strong, small-scale air vortex caused by air convection movement under extremely unstable weather conditions. The temporal and spatial scales of tornadoes are small, with an average diameter of 200 to 300 meters, and the time from occurrence to dissipation is between minutes and tens of minutes.
In China, tornadoes are mainly divided into four categories. Among them, the intensity of the first-class tornado is weak, corresponding to EF0 and below; The intensity of the second-class tornado is medium, corresponding to EF1; Level 3 tornadoes are strong, corresponding to EF2 and EF3; Category 4 tornadoes are extremely strong, corresponding to EF4 and EF5. In terms of time, spring and summer are tornado seasons, and the number of tornadoes from April to August accounts for 92% of the year. Among them, tornadoes in April and July accounted for 18.5% and 29.5% of the year, respectively, and were most common from afternoon to evening. (All photos provided by the interviewee)