Mengzi

Yunnan - China

2024-04-26

Mengzi County Meteorological Observatory issues an orange drought warning signal [Level II/Severe]

Issue date: 2024-04-19T14:15+08:00

At 14:15 on April 19, 2024, the Mengzi Meteorological Observatory continued to issue an orange drought warning signal: According to the latest monitoring, towns and villages in Wenlan, Caoba, Xin an, Yuguopu, Northwest Le, Mingjiu, and Zhicun in our city have reached the meteorological drought and extreme drought level. It is expected that the meteorological drought in our city will continue to develop in the next week. Please take relevant preventive measures.

Description

It is expected that the meteorological drought index will reach severe drought in the next week (meteorological drought is once in 25-50 years), or more than 40% of crops in a certain county (district) will be affected by drought.

Guidelines

1. Relevant departments and units do a good job of emergency response to drought prevention in accordance with their duties;

2. Relevant departments use emergency standby water sources, dispatch all available water sources within their jurisdiction, and give priority to guaranteeing urban and rural residents' domestic water and livestock drinking water;

3. Reduce urban water supply indicators and give priority to irrigation water for cash crops, and restrict large amounts of agricultural irrigation water;

4. Restrict non-productive high water consumption and service industry water use, and restrict the discharge of industrial sewage;

5. The meteorological department shall conduct artificial precipitation enhancement operations in a timely manner.