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Beijing weather bureau to send SMS alerts
By Wang Qingchu |
July 26, 2012, Thursday
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BEIJING Meteorological Bureau will send text messages to alert residents before extreme weather conditions after the capital city suffered the worst downpour in six decades over the weekend which left at least 37 dead.
The weather bureau has cooperated with China's three major telecom companies to send alerts about treacherous weather conditions which threatens people's lives and assets, said Ding Deping, director of the bureau, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
As of 8pm yesterday, 11.7 million text messages about the blue alert for heavy rains have been sent to Beijing residents, Ding said.
Meanwhile, authorities yesterday confirmed that three had drowned on a highway linking Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau and the highway pumps were submerged by the floodwater, which caused them to shut down.
Their bodies were found in the area on July 22 and no more new casualties were discovered after the highway resumed to traffic on July 24.
Around 900 meters of the Nangangwa section of the highway was inundated by the downpour with the average depth of floodwater at 4 meters and the deepest at 6 meters, completely blocking the traffic artery, said Li Xiaosong, deputy director of Beijing Municipal Committee of Transport, at a press conference, last night.
A total of 23,000 cubic meters of water were pumped and 3,000 cubic meters of mud cleared up in the area. More than 120 vehicles were found in the water, Li said.
But three water pumps were completely submerged by the floodwater and became out of work.
The weather bureau has cooperated with China's three major telecom companies to send alerts about treacherous weather conditions which threatens people's lives and assets, said Ding Deping, director of the bureau, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
As of 8pm yesterday, 11.7 million text messages about the blue alert for heavy rains have been sent to Beijing residents, Ding said.
Meanwhile, authorities yesterday confirmed that three had drowned on a highway linking Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau and the highway pumps were submerged by the floodwater, which caused them to shut down.
Their bodies were found in the area on July 22 and no more new casualties were discovered after the highway resumed to traffic on July 24.
Around 900 meters of the Nangangwa section of the highway was inundated by the downpour with the average depth of floodwater at 4 meters and the deepest at 6 meters, completely blocking the traffic artery, said Li Xiaosong, deputy director of Beijing Municipal Committee of Transport, at a press conference, last night.
A total of 23,000 cubic meters of water were pumped and 3,000 cubic meters of mud cleared up in the area. More than 120 vehicles were found in the water, Li said.
But three water pumps were completely submerged by the floodwater and became out of work.
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