Jinan, 8 Oct (China News Service) -- After four consecutive days of rainfall, Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, only hopes to have one day of "no rain" and will enter a new round of precipitation. Continuous autumn rain has recently been "obsessed" with the land of Qilu, which can be described as "a few joys and a few sorrows".
After many days of continuous rainfall, Baotu Spring, the "world's first spring", was fiercely "full of drinks", and the groundwater level rose again, reaching 30.08 meters, once again refreshing the highest record since 1966.
Tai'an Dai Village Dam Water Conservancy Hub. (Data map) Zhao Xiao photo
Jinan is known as "every spring water, household weeping Yang" reputation, its territory distributed more than 640 famous springs, the most famous is 72. Among them, the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China was crowned as the "first spring in the world" Baotu Spring is the most prestigious. The spring gushing situation in Jinan has always been regarded as the yardstick of the climatic and hydrological environment in Shandong and even in northern China.
It is understood that in September 2010, the groundwater level of Baotu Spring also exceeded the 30-meter mark, reaching 30.01 meters. According to the Jinan Municipal Urban and Rural Water Bureau, since the flood this year, affected by a number of rains, the groundwater level of Baotu Spring has continued to rise, breaking through 29 meters in early September, and has been bullish all the way, hitting a new 55-year high.
Dezhou Sinu Temple water conservancy hub. (Data map) Zhao Xiao photo
The autumn rains bring the joy of spring water, but they also test the flood control work in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.
Affected by the heavy rainfall in the early stage and the water coming from upstream, the flood situation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River developed rapidly, and from 10 o'clock on September 20, the Shandong Yellow River Bureau launched the Shandong Yellow River Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Level IV emergency response, and immediately upgraded to Level III the next day.
The Shandong Yellow River Bureau released a message on the 6th that the 5,000 cubic meters per second flood of the main stream of the Yellow River in Shandong will continue for about 15 days. At present, the Dongping Lake and Jindi River in Shandong have super-alert floods, and the Yellow River and Zhangwei River have occurred in a large-flow flood process.
Daicun Dam overcurrent. (Data map) Photo by Yang Xuan
It is reported that from January 1 to October 7 this year, at 10 o'clock, Shandong's precipitation ranked second most since 1951, second only to 1964, with an average precipitation of 915.9 mm, 54.7% more than the same period of the year, and 23.1% more than last year.
In order to "control water," Li Ganjie, secretary of the Shandong Provincial CPC Committee, and Zhou Naixiang, acting governor of Shandong Province, frequently went to the flood prevention site from 1 to 7 October to make arrangements for flood prevention work in the Yellow River, Dongping Lake, Zhangwei River, and Jindi River. At present, more than 10,000 people in the eastern section of the Yellow River patrol the Yellow River embankment every day to ensure an anran.
On September 6, 2021, Baotu Spring was in full bloom. (Data map) Photo by Li Xin
According to the latest weather forecast, due to the sub-high northward lift, the bottom layer has a cutting edge, the water vapor is better, and Shandong will usher in a precipitation process. It is expected that from the night of the 8th to the morning of the 10th, there will be a more obvious precipitation weather process from north to south, and the main precipitation period will be from the day of the 9th to the early morning of the 10th. Cold air came on the morning of the 10th, this round of precipitation process ended, the middle of this month has not yet predicted significant precipitation. (End)
Source: China News Network