Hunan ushered in the first heavy snow in 2009 and sounded the highest warning of road icing.
The first snow this year fell in Star City yesterday. In Sifangping, Kaifu District, a mother happily plays with the snow with her children. Photo by Little Liu Jun
Yesterday, Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie became a kingdom of ice and snow. In the snow and ice, every footprint left by tourists in the snow seems to be full of joy. Photo by Ding Yunjuan
● At the same time, sound the orange warning of blizzard.
● The freezing weather will last until the 8th.
● Traffic in Changsha City is basically smooth.
The first heavy snow in 2009 greeted all parts of Hunan. From 8: 00 on the 5th to 8: 00 on the 6th, sleet or pure snow occurred in 34 counties and cities in Zhangjiajie, Changde and Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, and snowstorms occurred in Lixian, Shimen, Cili and Taoyuan, and some roads were frozen. Therefore, the Provincial Meteorological Observatory sounded the first orange warning of blizzard and red warning of road icing this year. Today and tomorrow, the freezing rain and snow will continue. The Provincial Meteorological Observatory issued a guide to the prevention of snowstorm and road icing, reminding the government and relevant departments to do emergency work to prevent snowstorm and freezing damage; Citizens reduce unnecessary outdoor activities.
weather
It will snow again today and tomorrow.
At 9 o’clock yesterday, the Provincial Meteorological Observatory sounded the first orange warning of blizzard this year: the snow depth in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture and some areas such as Huaihua, Yiyang, Changde and Zhangjiajie has reached 5 cm, and the snowfall will continue, which has a great impact on transportation and agriculture. At the same time, it also issued the highest warning of road icing-red warning signal: Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture and some areas such as Huaihua, Yiyang, Shaoyang, Loudi, Changde, Zhangjiajie and Changsha, where the road surface temperature is lower than 0℃, there is rain and snow, and the road icing weather is maintained and developed, which has a great impact on traffic.
According to the comprehensive analysis of the latest meteorological data, it is predicted that it will remain rainy (snowy) in the province and freezing weather in mountainous areas due to the influence of cold air tomorrow. The weather was fine from 9th to 10th, but the temperature was low in the morning and evening, with the lowest temperature below 0℃, and snow and ice continued in mountainous areas. The temperature rose gradually from 11th to 12th. The specific forecast is as follows:
Today: there is small to moderate sleet (snow) on cloudy days in the south of central Hunan, with moderate snow in some parts of central Hunan, light snow in other areas on cloudy days and freezing in mountainous areas; The highest temperature: 1 ~ 2℃ in the north of Hunan, 2 ~ 4℃ in other areas, and the lowest temperature:-3 ~-1℃ in the north of Hunan and-1 ~ 1℃ in other areas;
Tomorrow: light snow turns cloudy in the north of central Hunan, and light sleet turns cloudy in other areas;
9th to 12th: The province is cloudy to sunny, and the temperature rises slowly.
traffic
There were no major accidents in Changsha.
The rainy and snowy weather has brought inconvenience to traffic, and the traffic police department immediately launched a traffic emergency plan under bad weather conditions to ensure the safety and smoothness of road traffic. Yesterday, Changsha City dispatched 800 police officers and 200 police cars, and there was no long-term congestion and major traffic accident in the city.
At 5 o’clock in the afternoon, sleet began to fall again in the sky. When the reporter drove from Hexi to Wuyi Citizen Square via Orange Island Bridge, he saw that there were many passing vehicles along the line and the traffic pressure was great. In the west and east of the bridge, the traffic police department has arranged a wrecker to stand by at any time to prevent traffic accidents or breakdowns of vehicles on the bridge. The reporter learned from the Changsha Traffic Police Command Center that although there were no roads and bridges frozen in the city yesterday, traffic accidents such as scratching and rear-end collision increased compared with normal days due to the rain and snow weather affecting driving sight.
power
The electricity consumption load hit the highest this year yesterday.
The reporter learned from Changsha Electric Power Bureau yesterday that at 5 pm yesterday, the power load of Changsha Power Grid had exceeded 2.43 million kilowatts, the highest level this year.
With the further drop of temperature, the power load of Changsha power grid will continue to increase. Zhang Xiaojun, deputy director of Changsha Electric Power Bureau, said that during the Spring Festival, Changsha’s electric power department will focus on ensuring safe and reliable power supply to hospitals, airports, railway stations, party and government organs, news media, municipalities and tourist sites, and ensuring that citizens can use electricity for 24 hours.
It is reported that the duty telephone number 95598 of the emergency repair center of Changsha Electric Power Bureau is manned 24 hours a day, and emergency repair personnel are on standby at any time. If residents encounter various power failures, please report for repair in time. The emergency personnel will rush to the scene for emergency repair at the first time to ensure that the power supply is restored in the shortest time.
railway
50 diesel locomotives are on standby.
Yesterday, Guangzhou Railway Group launched Level 3 Emergency Plan for Severe Weather such as Storm and Snow to ensure the safety of trains and the smooth travel of passengers.
According to reports, Changsha Power Supply Section and Huaihua Power Supply Section have reserved nearly 100 emergency generator sets along Hunan Railway to ensure the normal power supply of catenary; Zhuzhou Locomotive Depot reserves 50 diesel locomotives and 100 locomotive attendants to ensure that "ferry transportation" can be implemented at any time under abnormal conditions; The bus maintenance staff of Changsha Depot in each passenger station strengthened the maintenance of key parts such as bogies of stopped buses, so as to ensure the absolute safety of released buses. Public works, electricity and other departments have stepped up the quality inspection of lines and equipment, and more than 3,000 staff members are carrying out net inspection of lines and equipment to ensure the smooth flow of lines in rainy and snowy weather.
travel
Long-distance visitors are less likely to travel in hot springs.
Huang Chaohui, president of Changsha Travel Agency Association, said in an interview with reporters yesterday: "Because of the snow, many citizens who originally planned to travel called the travel agency to postpone their trip, but hot spring tourism continued to heat up."
Yesterday, Changsha International Travel Service asked the team that has not returned to China to strengthen safety precautions against the ever-cooling weather to ensure that tourists can return safely as scheduled. Some group tourists who haven’t set off have also proposed to postpone the departure date and wait until the weather changes.
Travel agencies such as the Provincial International Travel Service said that at present, more than 10 teams in Changsha travel to hot spring attractions every day. For example, Tianmu Hot Spring in Jiangxi around Changsha is almost full every day; Ningxiang Tongcheng Hot Spring, which will be put into trial operation recently, has also received orders from many travel agencies early.
No highways are closed due to snow.
Star Online January 7 (Changsha Evening News reporter Qian Lingpo correspondent Hao Ya Zhao Wei Jun Hao George She) Yesterday morning, heavy snow fell on many expressways such as Changji, Changzhang, Linchang, Huaixin and Shaohuai, with deep snow in some sections and ice on some bridge decks. The reporter learned from the 12122 alarm command center that the heavy snow has not had a big impact on the passage of expressways for the time being, and no expressway in the province was closed due to heavy snow.
By 10 o’clock yesterday morning, the entire line of Changchang Expressway was covered with heavy snow. On the 21-kilometer section of Chang-Chang Expressway from east to west, a black car with the number plate Xiang AQ1007 ran out of control and ran into the movable guardrail in the middle of the road, then crossed between the emergency lane and the carriageway. The accident forced the traffic on this section to be slow, and the blocked vehicles were as long as one kilometer. After 20 minutes of intense rescue, the accident vehicle was towed away from the scene and the road resumed smooth.
According to statistics, there were more than 10 traffic accidents on Chang-Chang Expressway yesterday. Fortunately, no one was injured. As of press time, there are many traffic accidents caused by heavy snow on expressways in the province, but no serious traffic accidents have occurred.
The person in charge of the high detachment of the Traffic Police Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department said that the high-speed traffic police will continue to strengthen patrol and snow removal in conjunction with the road administration department, and will also carry out salt spraying and deicing on some road sections at night.
The high-speed traffic police reminded that some bridges and culverts will freeze when the temperature drops at night, so drivers should drive carefully. You must pay attention to five points when driving in ice and snow weather. First, reduce the speed and drive at a speed below 50 kilometers per hour; The second is to increase the driving distance; The third is to drive along the rut of the car in front. Under normal circumstances, don’t overtake, accelerate sharply, turn sharply and brake urgently. The fourth is to slow down in advance when driving on curves and ramps with ice and snow; Fifth, when there is a large area of ice on the road, stop the car to the service area or drive away from the expressway nearby. (Author: Qian Lingpo correspondent Hao Ya Zhao Wei Jun Hao George She)
Editor: Gao Song