Land and Natural Resources: June will enter a period of high geological disasters

Table 1 May 2011 and the basic situation of geological disasters last year compared table
2 May 2011 the number of provinces and geological disasters statistics (unit: cases)

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) Land and Natural Resources today announced on its official Web site of geological disasters in the country in May and June, trend forecasting disaster. May the national total of 246 geological disasters, compared to last year, the occurrence of the number, the number of missing deaths and direct economic losses were reduced, mainly due to heavy rainfall this year than last year. According to the laws of geological disasters in many years occurred in June, will enter the high incidence of geological disasters.

According to reports, the country in May there were 246 geological disasters, including 99 from landslides, collapse of 89, 13 from landslides, ground subsidence 39, from 4 to crack; casualties of geological disasters 7 since 31 people were killed, one missing and 18 injured; 47.3308 million yuan of direct economic losses. May the national total of 10 cases of successful prediction of geological disasters, to avoid casualties were 1033, 25.566 million yuan in direct economic losses avoided.

5 月 geological disasters in 19 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). Occurs followed by the number of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan; deaths caused by missing followed by Guangxi, Gansu and Shanxi; by causing direct economic losses followed by Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan.

compared with previous years, geological disasters in the country in May this year the main show the following characteristics:

disaster less than one years earlier. Since many years with the same period in 2005 compared to May this year, the lowest number of geological disasters; death tolls number of missing for the last second, higher than 21 in 2009; tolls caused direct economic losses of the second-lowest, higher than 41.8542 million yuan in 2008.

Second, South, Southwest disaster relatively heavy in some areas, the most serious casualties in Guangxi. South-central region of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, southwest total of 192 geological disasters, accounting for 78% of the total; tolls a total of 24 deaths (missing), accounting for 70.5%; tolls were 41.8772 million yuan in direct economic losses, accounting for 88.5%.

third type of disaster to collapse, landslides and ground subsidence mainly a miniature disaster level. In May, the national total of landslides and ground subsidence 227, accounting for 92.3%. A miniature disaster level, a total of 233, accounting for 94.7%.

four is mainly caused by natural factors. 246 geological disasters in the country, caused by natural factors since there are 210, accounting for 85%; human factors have caused 36 cases, accounting for 15%. Natural factors, mainly rainfall, gravity and melting snow, etc.; human factors such as mining and cut slope.

6 月份 in the flood season. According to geological disasters occurrence for many years, the Ministry forecast in June will enter the high incidence of geological disasters. Predict the overall frequency of geological disasters and hazards of May may be more emphasis, the majority of disasters may occur in the southwest of China, South and East local mountains, and should be noted that the typhoon brought heavy rainfall to the coastal influence.

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