Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) – According to a news release from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Water Resources on the 22nd, the department recently issued a notice requiring the entire provincial water resources system to earnestly implement the work arrangements of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government, and the Ministry of Water Resources, and to prepare for flood and drought disaster prevention in 2026 in accordance with the requirements of the Guangdong Provincial Flood Control Headquarters. The notice aims to prevent and mitigate major risks associated with floods and droughts, and resolutely safeguard the bottom line of flood and drought disaster prevention.
The Guangdong Provincial Department of Water Resources explained that the notice clarifies seven key preparatory tasks to be completed before the 2026 flood season: strengthening responsibility for prevention work, improving the dispatch and command system, strengthening the investigation and rectification of hidden dangers, revising and improving various plans and contingency plans, preparing for mountain torrent disaster prevention, strengthening the preparation of flood control and rescue teams, materials, and technical experts, and continuously consolidating the foundation for flood and drought disaster prevention.
Among these, the notice points out the need to strengthen preparations for mountain torrent disaster prevention, comprehensively inspect monitoring and early warning facilities, conduct comprehensive maintenance and debugging of existing mountain torrent disaster monitoring and early warning facilities and equipment, and focus on investigating key links to ensure their normal operation. Revise and improve the county, town, and village-level mountain flood disaster prevention plans, complete technical reviews as required, and issue village-level mountain flood disaster prevention plan technical review opinions on a village-by-village basis, with towns as the unit. Improve the progressive early warning process and public early warning functions. Cities and counties should improve the rolling release and transmission mechanism for early warnings to ensure that early warning information reaches the grassroots level directly.
Simultaneously, strengthen the preparation of flood control and rescue teams, materials, and technical experts. Standardize the management of professional rescue teams, strictly implement the team registration and regular updating mechanism. Strengthen the reserve of flood control and rescue materials and equipment, and promptly inspect and replenish rescue materials and equipment. Establish and improve the rapid deployment mechanism for rescue teams, improve the allocation mechanism for flood control and rescue materials and equipment, strengthen technical support for water conservancy rescue, and improve the tiered expert database for flood and drought disaster prevention and the expert dispatch mechanism, preparing to be ready to rush to the front line to assist the grassroots at any time during the flood season.
Furthermore, accelerate the construction of a "three-tiered defense" for rainfall and water level monitoring and forecasting, further extend the flood forecast period, and improve the accuracy of flood forecasts. Based on practical work and extreme and complex situations, organize and carry out targeted emergency defense drills. The notice calls for the compilation and revision of local and unit-specific flood and drought disaster prevention manuals, strengthening the listing, standardization, and informatization of key prevention tasks. It also mandates a comprehensive inspection, debugging, and maintenance of communication, consultation, monitoring, coordination, and forecasting systems for flood and drought disaster prevention, and the prompt completion of repairs and characteristic data verification for the 116 reservoir monitoring devices listed.
The notice further requires all localities and units to attach great importance to and strictly implement responsibilities for flood and drought disaster prevention, establish and improve flood and drought disaster prevention systems, strengthen the investigation and remediation of potential safety hazards in water conservancy projects during the flood season, refine and implement various prevention and preparedness measures, and ensure that all flood preparedness work is completed on time and to a high standard. (End)
