Classes have been suspended and roads waterlogged in some cities and counties in south China’s island province of Hainan due to heavy rainfall starting Monday, which was induced by a combination of the remnants of Typhoon Trami and cold air. On Tuesday, the provincial government issued a Level-II rainstorm warning.
In the city of Sanya, many roads in the urban area were waterlogged. Near Yalong Bay Forest Park, the accumulated water exceeded 1 meter, and 20 tourists were trapped in a minibus. Firefighters used rubber boats to evacuate the tourists. As of Tuesday, Sanya has deployed over 700 firefighters to rescue and evacuate more than 500 people. Primary and secondary schools as well as kindergartens in Sanya suspended classes at noon on Monday, and continued to suspend classes on Tuesday morning. Classes were resumed on Tuesday afternoon as the rainfall weakens. The city of Qionghai and the Tunchang and Chengmai counties also issued class suspension notices on Tuesday.
Starting from Monday, many cities and counties in Hainan have been experiencing windy and heavy rain weather. From 4:00 to 7:00 this morning, 10 cities and counties in Hainan have issued a red warning for rainstorm in the past 24 hours.The maximum rainfall occurred in Qiongzhong County, exceeding 425 millimeters.
On Tuesday, multiple cities and counties including Haikou, Wenchang, and Wuzhishan issued notices to suspend classes. At present, the blue flood warning and yellow mountain flood disaster meteorological risk warning in Hainan Province are still in effect. The water levels of the three major rivers in Hainan have exceeded the warning line and are still rising. Three reservoirs have water levels exceeding the flood control level. As a key flood control operation target, Niululing Reservoir has implemented three flood discharge operations since yesterday.
The heavy rainfall also caused damage to infrastructure in many parts of Hainan, and some highways were temporarily blocked. Meteorological experts say that September to November is the autumn flood season in Hainan every year, and this heavy rainfall weather process is expected to continue until Wednesday night.
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