Parts of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan all suffered severe hail disasters yesterday.

One: hail fell suddenly in many places in the west of the mountain yesterday.

Hail fell suddenly yesterday in Yuncheng Wanrong, Linqu and Yanhu District

Yesterday afternoon, hail weather occurred in many places in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, including Wanrong, Linqu and Yanhu District. Due to the orchard hanging fruit and wheat ripening season, hail weather caused disasters to local agriculture.

At 17:04 today, the Yuncheng Meteorological Observatory issued an orange hail warning signal in Linqu, Jishan, Wanrong, Wenxi, Xiaxian, Jiangxian, Xinjiang and Salt Lake. It is expected that hail weather may occur in the early warning area in the next six hours, which may cause hail disasters. And issued a number of defense measures.

In the afternoon, fruit growers in Wanrong County reported that many local areas were hit by hail, some of which were as big as Yuanxiao and lasted not a short time. The hail fell in areas where economic forests such as apples, pears and peaches were concentrated, and fruit farmers suffered heavy losses. According to the staff of the fruit industry department of Wanrong County, after the hail warning was issued, the county immediately arranged the work of hail prevention and disaster reduction. after the hail weather came, the staff of the fruit industry center carried out post-disaster statistics and carried out a series of work such as material distribution and technical guidance for disaster reduction overnight.

In addition, farmers in Yanhu District and Linqu County reported that they suffered hail disasters that day.

There are serious crop losses in three villages and towns in Changzhiqin County.

At about 13:00 on June 4, strong winds and torrential rains mixed with glass balls of hail hit some villages in Dingchang Town, Duanliu Township and Guocun Town, Qinxian County. The leaves fell to the ground wherever the hail came, and the crops were badly damaged. The hail weather lasted more than ten minutes.

The largest hail in Linfen, Jixian, about eggs, fresh apples were knocked down.

At about 14:00 yesterday, a heavy rain hit, hail began to fall in many places in Jixian County, and a large number of apple orchards planted by fruit farmers were damaged. According to local fruit growers, the largest hail is about the size of eggs, and the hail in most areas is also the size of red dates. Jixian is a major apple-growing county, most of the orchards were attacked, hail broke branches and leaves, and apples that had just hung from fruit trees were knocked down to the ground. All villages and townships in Jixian County were affected to varying degrees, among which Zhongdui and Dongcheng were seriously affected. At the same time, the reporter learned from the meteorological department that at 13:00 and 20:00 today, the meteorological department of Linfen City issued a yellow warning signal of lightning twice. The whole city of Linfen will be hit by rainstorm and lightning in the next six hours, and there will still be hail in some areas. I hope the relevant departments will do a good job in flood control and hail prevention.

After the disaster, the relevant leaders of the Jixian county party committee and the civil affairs department rushed to the disaster site as soon as possible to stabilize the mood of fruit farmers and actively carry out self-rescue after the disaster. At the same time, the reporter learned that some fruit farmers in Jixian County who had installed hail prevention nets were relatively lucky, and the hail prevention nets caught most of the hail.

Related video: courtesy of netizens who lost their families.

2: Shaanxi suffered a large area hail disaster, Weinan, Hancheng, Heyang and other places were hit by short-term hail.

At about 07:30 yesterday, Weinan Hancheng, Heyang and other places were hit by short-term hail. The planned 2016 Yellow River Beach International Camping Festival in Hancheng, China, was also temporarily cancelled because of the weather. At the same time, Chengcheng, Fuping and other places have also been affected by hail to varying degrees.

Many counties in Yulin were hit by hail, and 70 hectares of crops were lost in Qingjian village.

In the afternoon of the day before yesterday (June 3), there was a large-scale strong convective weather in Yulin City since the beginning of summer this year, and many counties and districts encountered extreme weather such as torrential rain and hail. among them, crops in several villages and towns in Qingjian County were seriously affected.

In the afternoon, there was lightning and thunder in many counties, such as Qingjian, Mizhi and Jiaxian in Yulin, and hailstones the size of quail eggs fell.

Liu Huimin, a senior engineer at the Meteorological Observatory of Yulin City, said: "the maximum diameter of hail in Majiazhuang Town, Yuyang District is 20 mm, and the maximum wind force measured in Mizhi County is 26 meters per second."

The hail in Qingjian County lasted for more than 10 minutes, with a maximum diameter of 15 mm, causing waterlogging in many sections of the city and smashing houses. Crops and breeding greenhouses, fruit and vegetable stalls and residents' vehicles in 7 villages and towns were seriously damaged.

Han Xuefeng, a villager from Hanjiayuan Village, Xiashilipu Township, Qingjian County, Yulin, said: "the size of hail starts from small to large, like table tennis, and some are the size of eggs, especially when it just snowed. Now the bark of the trees is rotten."

In Hanjiayuan village, the reporter saw that the fields hit by hail were in a mess, the leaves of fruit trees were broken, melons and fruits were broken by hail, and there were many scars.

Han Jianping, director of the village committee of Hanjiayuan Village, Xiashilipu Township, Qingjian County, Yulin: "yesterday's hail caused more than 800 mu of fruit trees in our village, of which 320 mu hung fruit, all of which had no harvest. And 230 mu of spring onions are all broken. 160 mu of watermelons, 800 mu of other miscellaneous grains and 40 mu of saplings (all affected). The whole Hanjiayuan village can be said to have no harvest this year. "

After the disaster occurred, the agriculture, forestry, civil affairs and other departments of Yulin County promptly checked the disaster situation and organized production to help themselves. At present, the disaster situation is still in statistics. This afternoon, the Yulin City Meteorological Observatory issued another hail orange warning signal: it is expected that there will be hail weather in most counties and some villages and towns in Yulin City in the next 6 hours, which may cause lightning disasters and hail disasters, and local areas may have short-term strong precipitation and strong winds. Remind us to do a good job of prevention.