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The online map of disaster frequency distribution by disaster type in Guangdong Province in 2014 is from the Atlas of natural disasters in China in 2014, the book is edited by the National Disaster Reduction Commission Office, the Disaster relief Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Disaster Reduction Center of Ministry of Civil Affairs, and is published by China Map Publishing House. The scale of this map is 1:5000000.

Guangdong Province

In 2014, the disaster situation in Guangdong was the same as that in recent years, mainly typhoon and flood.

1.Western Guangdong has been hit hard by typhoons, and "Rammasun" has broken the record

Three typhoons and one tropical depression landed in Guangdong in the whole year, which was close to the normal (3.7). Tropical storm "Hailbs" landed in Shantou on June 15, which was the first typhoon to land in Guangdong and Mainland China in 2014, 12 days earlier than the annual average. Typhoon "Rammasun" landed on the coast of Xuwen on July 18. When landing, the maximum wind force near the center was 17 (60m/s), exceeding the extreme value since typhoon records in Guangdong, it is the strongest typhoon landing in Guangdong since the founding of the people's Republic of China. The tropical depression generated in the South China Sea on September 6 and landed in Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City on September 8. The maximum wind force in the center was 7 (15m/s). Typhoon Haiou landed on the coast of Xuwen on September 16, the maximum wind force near the center was 13 (40 m/s).

Due to the typhoon disaster, the water supply and power supply in Xuwen, Leizhou and other places in Zhanjiang were interrupted in a large area, the phenomenon of seawater pouring back into many places and the traffic was interrupted. Many billboards were overturned, causing heavy losses in western Guangdong, especially in Leizhou Peninsula.

2.In the first flood season, there are many rainstorms, floods, wind, hail and so on

From March 28 to March 30, a large range of persistent heavy rainfall and severe convective weather occurred in the whole province, the flood season began on March 30, 7 days earlier than the annual average flood season (April 6). The average rainfall of the whole province in flood season is 1425.4mm, close to 1435.5mm in the same period of the year, 349.9mm less than last year, the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation is uneven, with more rainfall in the central part and less in the East and the West. There were eight heavy rainfall processes in the preceding period, of which the precipitation was more than 20% more than that of the same period of the year, which was the most in the same period since 2009, there were 22 days of Rainstorm in May alone. Floods, geological disasters, wind and hail disasters caused a total of 55 people missing due to disasters, accounting for 78% of the total number of deaths and missing due to disasters in the whole province.

The proportion of the total number of disasters in the region (%):

The closer to the dark yellow area, the higher the proportion of the total number of disasters in the area.

The closer to the light yellow area, the lower the proportion of the total number of disasters in the area.

The white area in the figure shows: Non affected areas.

The orange sector in the figure shows: Drought disaster.

The blue sector in the figure shows: Floods and geological disasters.

The brown sector in the figure shows: Wind and hail disaster.

The green sector in the figure shows: Typhoon disaster.

The pink sector in the figure shows: Earthquake disaster.

The purple sector in the figure shows: Low temperature freezing and snow disaster.