April 2017 Global Weather Events

April 2017, the global flood disaster seriously, due to heavy rains, floods Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran, causing 25 deaths, 16 people missing; Indonesia's East Java province landslides; multiple regions of Colombia landslides. In the south of China , there were three regional heavy rainstorms in April , and 18 provincial bureaus and districts suffered from windstorms. The "Global Weather and Climate Events" will help you sort out the weather and climate events that have occurred throughout the world in the past month.

1 ) Landslide caused by rainfall in Java Island, Indonesia

Local time on April 1, Indonesia Bono Rogo County, East Java province due to heavy rains triggered landslides, the impact of a local village, resulting in 27 deaths, 38 people missing. Every year from November to April of the following year is the rainy season in Indonesia, and it is also a period of high incidence of landslides and floods.

2 , Colombia's continuous rainfall caused mudslides and killed 320 people

Due to torrential rains in the past few days, on the morning of April 1st , local time , the waters of the Mokoa, Murato and Sankoja Rivers in Putumayo, Colombia, have skyrocketed, resulting in mudslides in many areas of the capital Mokoa. And the bridge collapsed and local traffic stagnated. The National Disaster Risk Control Center of Colombia released information on the 13th that the number of victims of the mudslide in the country has risen to 320 and the number of missing persons has exceeded 100 .

3. At least 35 people were killed and 8 people were missing as a result of heavy rain in northwest Iran

April 14, beginning in northwestern Iran were heavy rains triggered flooding in local, it has killed at least 35 people were killed and eight others missing, the affected areas are mainly concentrated in the eastern province of Azerbaijan. Iranian emergency department officials said that the heavy rain was the most frequent rainfall in 40 years. The water level of major rivers in the area has risen to the highest level in decades. The rivers have been flooded and flooded with large numbers of houses.

4, Colombia landslides caused 19 people were killed and six missing

Local time on April 20, 2017, the central Colombia City Manizales landslides, relief work continued progress. According to news released by the local government in the evening, the number of people killed in landslides in Manizales, Colombia, has reached 19 , and 6 people are still missing.

5. China's 18 provinces, districts, and regions suffer from windstorm disasters

In April , Guizhou, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Xinjiang, Jilin, Ningxia, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, and Chongqing, 18 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) were hit by winds. Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Chongqing were severely affected. The picture shows the April 5 Guiyang appears lightning, hail, high winds and other severe convective weather.

6. Two dusty weather events occur in northern China

In April, northern China a total of two processes appear Jansa weather, sand and dust weather process often than 2007-- less than normal over the same period in 2016 the average (3.4).

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.