"Vegetable Basket" Shouguang 18 Thousand Greenhouses Flooded Vegetables Prices Will Be Affected?

According to the real-time route displayed by the typhoon network of Central Meteorological Observatory, typhoon "Li Qi Ma" arrived at the coastal waters of the northern part of Weifang, Shandong province at 12, 16 o'clock, with a larger wind force of 9. Affected by Typhoon "Li Qi Ma", "Shouguang", a "vegetable town", was heavily torrential rain in Shandong. Shouguang's low-lying and waterlogged areas were flooded with 18 thousand greenhouses.

Before the attack of "Li Qi Ma", Shouguang issued a letter to the masses, and made special instructions for shelter work, including planting and strengthening the farmers in advance, and popularizing some measures for drainage and waterlogging prevention.

Related personnel said: "after last year's" Wen Biya ", many water conservancy projects were renovated, and the speed of drainage, flood resistance and farmers' insurance awareness were strengthened. In addition, this year the flood preparation was carried out ahead of schedule. This year," Li Qi Ma "will directly hurt the farmers, but the crops in this season are still destroyed.

In August 12th, Shouguang held a news conference, saying that by the typhoon "Liqi Ma", Shouguang and its surrounding counties and cities had heavy rainstorms. Rainfall intensity easily surpassed that of last year's "warming Biya", which is a stronger intensity since the meteorological records in 1959. As the heavy rain lasted for a long time and the intensity was high, according to preliminary statistics, 18 thousand greenhouse flooded areas in Shouguang low lying and waterlogged areas, the farmland affected area was 130 thousand mu, and 93 thousand people in the villages along the river were evacuated, resulting in direct economic losses of nearly 1 billion yuan.

At present, the Shouguang City in the affected area has started drainage work, and set up a centralized settlement point to provide shelter, food, medical and epidemic prevention and safety protection for the masses in a timely manner.

Shouguang owns the largest vegetable production and wholesale market in the country. The vegetables here are sold to more than 200 large and medium-sized cities in more than 30 provinces and autonomous regions of the country. As the largest vegetable distribution centers and important vegetable bases in China, will the disaster situation in Shouguang City of Weifang, Shandong affect the price of vegetables?

Relevant staff believe that Shouguang is mainly planting anti season vegetables, and the impact of disasters on the future vegetable prices should not be too great.