2020 is not destined to be a peaceful year. Epidemic, earthquake and the death of many world-famous figures seem to have chosen a difficult model for mankind from the beginning. One after another, floods came.
At first, it was a continuous rainstorm, and people only regarded it as the capriciousness of summer weather, until the flood flooded the houses and farmland of residents, and the drizzle finally merged into a big river, and then rushed across this oriental land containing 5,000 years of culture like a tiger down the mountain.
The floods in 2020 mainly occurred in the Yangtze River basin, covering all provinces such as Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Zhejiang. According to the degree of disaster in different provinces and cities, various provinces and cities have also launched different levels of emergency response to flood control, the most serious of which is Jiangxi, and the most important link of flood control in Jiangxi is Poyang Lake.
Overlooking the whole Poyang Lake
Poyang Lake, located in the north of Jiangxi Province, is the largest freshwater lake in China. It is one of the main tributaries in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is also an important lake with water, throughput and seasonality in the Yangtze River basin. Poyang Lake plays a great role in regulating the water level of the Yangtze River, conserving water resources, improving the local climate and maintaining the ecological balance in the surrounding areas.
At present, the water level of Poyang Lake has exceeded the historical highest level during the flood of 1998, and it is still rising. The largest freshwater lake in China reminds everyone that the flood in 2020 may become the largest in history.
Looking back, there are countless floods that have caused great harm to China, among which the floods of 1998 and 193 1 are the most well known. Whether the flood in 2020 is the highest in history still needs to be compared.
1998 flood
1June, 1998, the sky was torn, and Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan, both in the Yangtze River basin, were hit by heavy rain. The water in Hunan is pale, while that in Jiangxi is boundless. Under the calm water surface of Poyang Lake, the lake is rushing into the Yangtze River at a speed of 32,000 cubic meters per second, and the Yangtze River begins to flood again and again.
In two months, the river was filled with soup, and it rained heavily. The river overflowed the city, leaving only the soldiers' chests to stop it.
The mighty river finally flowed to the east. On August 17, the flood peak passed Guanyin Rock, which is known as the "first rock in the world", leaving a figure of 45.22 meters.
On September 4th, flood control and disaster relief were declared victory.
That year, the Yangtze River swept through China like a madman, reaching Xiangjiang River and Minshui in the south and Songnen Plain in the north. Waves and steam steamed China.
"Only those who have bumped in stormy waves can appreciate the value of clear sky."
Floods originate from El Nino, Himalayan heavy snow, soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and man-made disasters that ignore environmental protection.