Chengdong

Qinghai - China

2025-05-16

Xining Meteorological Observatory issues orange drought warning signal

Issue date: 2025-05-15T16:00+08:00

At 16:00 on May 15th, the Xining Meteorological Observatory issued an orange drought warning signal: According to the Meteorological Drought Comprehensive Monitoring Index (MCI) monitoring, as of May 15th, Xining City has maintained severe meteorological drought for 3 days. It is expected that severe meteorological drought will continue in the urban area of Xining in the next 10 days. Relevant departments are advised to take precautions.

Description

It is expected that the meteorological drought index will reach severe drought in the next week (meteorological drought is once in 25-50 years), or more than 40% of crops in a certain county (district) will be affected by drought.

Guidelines

1. Relevant departments and units do a good job of emergency response to drought prevention in accordance with their duties;

2. Relevant departments use emergency standby water sources, dispatch all available water sources within their jurisdiction, and give priority to guaranteeing urban and rural residents' domestic water and livestock drinking water;

3. Reduce urban water supply indicators and give priority to irrigation water for cash crops, and restrict large amounts of agricultural irrigation water;

4. Restrict non-productive high water consumption and service industry water use, and restrict the discharge of industrial sewage;

5. The meteorological department shall conduct artificial precipitation enhancement operations in a timely manner.