More than 2,000 hectares of aquaculture area lost due to heavy rain in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province

Days of torrential rain and torrential rain caused 100,000 people in 18 towns of Yangjiang, Guangdong Province to be affected to varying degrees, and crops and fish ponds (enclosures) in some areas suffered from the disaster of "toppling". On the morning of the 11th, this reporter learned from the Guangdong Yangjiang Sanfang Department that as of the afternoon of the 10th, the city had suffered direct economic losses of 240 million yuan.

According to statistics, affected by continuous heavy rainfall, the affected area of crops in Yangjiang City of Guangdong Province reached 9,330 hectares, the loss area of aquaculture reached 2,560 hectares, and the direct economic losses of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the whole city exceeded 200 million yuan.

It is understood that due to the long duration and intensity of rainfall in recent days, crops and fish ponds (enclosure) in some areas of Yangjiang, Guangdong Province suffered from the disaster of "toppling" and suffered heavy losses. The city's water conservancy facilities suffered direct economic losses of 36.6 million yuan, 77 houses collapsed, and 27 industrial and mining enterprises stopped production due to the disaster. Over the past few days, Yangjiang in Guangdong has invested more than 2,500 people in emergency rescue, rescued 600 people trapped by floods, and transferred more than 3,000 people.

It is reported that the severely affected Guangdong Yangxi County Shaba Town, the town's Yandeng Ridge in the early morning of the 8th landslide, more than 3,000 cubic meters of debris flow sliding down the mountain, more than ten families at the foot of the mountain affected, fortunately did not cause casualties.

At present, officials at all levels in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, are stepping up disaster relief and resumption of production, properly resettling the disaster-stricken people, urgently repairing flood-damaged projects, and stepping up the repair of power supply and water supply facilities in the disaster-stricken areas.