Although Xinjiang Awati Has Fired More Than 1000 Shells, The Hail Disaster Is Still Serious.

Although thousands of rockets and anti-aircraft shells were fired, "hail" was blocked.

"Awati, Xinjiang" is still experiencing a rare hail weather attack, and 5 million mu of cotton were affected.

According to the latest statistics of the Awati county government in Xinjiang, 51010 acres of farmland and orchard were hit hard by the widespread hail disaster in the early morning of from July 13th to 14th.

Among them, the most affected area is the crop.

Up to 50110 mu.

From 12 to 24 July 13th, severe convective weather occurred in Awati County, and hail occurred in most villages and towns.

According to local cadres and masses, hailstorms occurred when heavy winds mixed with corn sized hailstones sweeping across the cotton fields and attacking orchard.

Before the disaster, Awati county organized a hail suppression team to deal with bad weather.

In the hail process of more than 12 hours, hail suppression teams in Awati County kept tracking hailstones, and concentrated hail suppression operations for the 4 time. In the 6 hours, 1575 rockets were launched, and most hailstones were raindrops in the air.

After the hail disaster, the main leaders of the local Party committee and government first led the task force to investigate the disaster situation in the affected villages and arrange disaster relief and self rescue work, and strive to minimize the damage.

Awati county is located in the northwestern edge of the Taklimakan Desert and is grown in China.

The most concentrated place.

Because it is located at the intersection of the Ye Qiang River, Akesu River and Hetian River, abundant water resources and photothermal resources make it more advantageous than other counties and cities in Tarim Basin, and it is called "China Cotton capital".