"Orange Warning Signal for Heavy Rain: Rainfall has reached 26 mm in the central part of Assam in the past 1 hour; It is expected that there will be 25 to 30 mm of precipitation in the next 1 to 2 hours, please pay attention to prevent urban waterlogging and road traffic safety; Issued by the Assam Meteorological Department at 19:13 on October 10, 2024. ”

Warning level: blue-yellow-orange-red.

Unexpectedly, the weather station skipped the second level and issued an orange signal directly, which shows that the rainfall is surging rapidly.

And the most obvious is a significant reduction in air pressure.

Under normal conditions, the ground pressure is 1013 hPa, then the pressure value when it rains is less than 1013 hPa, you know, the severe tropical storm "Sula" that landed in the coastal Hycy Province of Xia has a central minimum pressure of 985 hPa, that is, the pressure in Assam suddenly drops to 991, it is likely that a tropical depression is approaching.

The so-called tropical depression is a type of tropical cyclone, but it belongs to the weakest level, and then it is a tropical storm and a typhoon.

Assam, on the other hand, is part of the Bay of Bengal region, where storms and tornadoes form every year in September and October.

Gu Ji immediately ran to the window and opened it.

"Whew! Whoa......"

First, a strong cold wind came in through the cracks in the window, followed by the sound of a shower hitting the ground, and even the rain splashed on the windowsill.

He poked his head out of the window, turned on his flashlight, and glanced at the ground.

Outside the building, the thunder is rolling, the torrential rain has long been connected, the gravel road has been completely covered with white flowers, it has become a flowing stream, there are countless splashes on it, and up close, there is not even a single figure on the street, and when you look at it from afar, the buildings and trees are blurred.

"Disbur's drainage system is starting to be unable to handle this torrential rain......"

Gu Ji muttered in his mouth, took a deep breath, and vaguely felt a little stuffy, this is actually low air pressure affecting the oxygen supply of human physiology, once the air pressure drops sharply in a short period of time, it will even speed up breathing and blood circulation, shortness of breath, increased heart rate, and even lack of oxygen, dizziness, headache and other phenomena, just like altitude sickness.

He pulled out his phone and called the fire department.

Even if the meteorological and water conservancy departments are off duty now, the first aid, power supply, police, and fire departments are definitely on call 24 hours a day.

What he didn't expect was that the fire phone went unanswered.

It wasn't until nearly half a minute later that the operator replied, and Gu Ji quickly and briefly informed the other party of the various abnormalities found in the afternoon.

But the fire operator said that this was not under their jurisdiction, and he could be responsible for recording and reporting to the meteorological and water conservancy departments.

Helpless, Gu Ji only had one last way left: the Disaster Management Department!

This is a department set up by the Indian Cabinet Government to deal with natural disasters in the country, and it is responsible for natural disasters such as cyclones, earthquakes, floods, droughts and landslides in India, similar to the Emergency Management Agency of the Xia Kingdom.

After asking the fire operator for the call, he hurriedly dialed out again.

This time the wait was longer.

It took a full minute before someone connected:

"Hello sir, this is the Assam Department of Disaster Management People's Helpline and I am the operator......"

"My name is Vidi, from the investigation and research team of the State Department of Agriculture Office, I saw that the information center of the Meteorological Department has just issued an orange warning for heavy rain, and now the urban drainage system in Dispur has been unable to resist the heavy rainfall brought by this heavy rain, the water level in the low-lying areas is rising rapidly, and it is estimated that the urban groundwater backflow will occur soon, and it will take half a minute for the fire department to connect the dispatch, indicating that the urban disaster incident is rising sharply, and the fire and police force has been greatly consumed."

"The current pressure value is 990 hPa, which is already close to the central depression value of the tropical storm, which is very likely to indicate that the post-monsoon depression zone in the Bay of Bengal is making landfall, and the continuous heavy precipitation will cause flooding in the Nebramaputra River in Assam, which can be ...... from the large-scale invasion of towns in the afternoon."

Seeing that the operator was still the same as the Meteorological Department in the afternoon, Gu Ji hurriedly took the first step to interrupt the other party.

But I don't know if it was because he spoke too fast, or if the information description was too professional, the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, until he finished speaking and reminded again, and the operator reacted.

"Mr. Weidi, I'm sorry, our Disaster Management Department has not received the abnormal warning information from the monitoring center of the meteorological station for the time being, please let it ......go."

"I'll just ask, are you in Disbur now? Do you hear how heavy the rain is outside? The Meteorological Observatory also assured me in the afternoon that it had not yet detected a heavy precipitation signal, but it was only an hour in the evening, and two rainstorm warnings were issued in a row, and now the precipitation has exceeded 26 mm in one hour. ”

"For meteorological observations, the organization of the tropical depression is relatively loose, and the tropical depression formed by the monsoon trough is more usually of a distinct monsoon low pressure nature, with strong winds and weak internal and convective cavities, resulting in the low-level circulation center is difficult to identify.

Gu Ji is very fortunate that since he obtained the "Crisis Management Game", he has not left any of the skills in the four major fields of the research system, even if it is useless, he will light up at least one level, so that he has a lot of professional knowledge about the formation and handling of natural disasters stored in his mind.

It is precisely because of these few professional terms that he won the attention of the operator, and he left a sentence to wait.

He was connected to experts from the Crisis Management Team of the Disaster Management Department.

After waiting for nearly a minute, the person who answered the phone this time was a woman named Fatima Yami, an expert in the crisis management team specializing in tropical cyclones, torrential rains, and floods.

So, he repeated what he had just repeated with the operator.

This is the fourth time he has repeated the heavy rain and flood crisis today.

After hearing this, Fatima did not respond immediately, but rummaged through several documents.

"Mr. Wadi, first of all, I admire your level of expertise, but Assam is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and Dispur is located in the north-central part of the state, and even if a deep depression does make landfall from the Bay of Bengal, it will have to pass through neighboring Bangladesh first, and travel at least 500 kilometers to get to the north of the state."

"You should also know that the wind speed of the low pressure mass is only 41 to 62 kilometers per hour, which is a strong wind level, usually there is no eye of the storm, and it lacks the tight organization and shape of a tropical cyclone of higher level, and the clouds and thunderstorm bands are very loose to support it to cross such a long distance, and even if it does reach Dispur, it will be weakened long ago and will not cause large-scale rainstorms."

"Theoretically, yes, but I wonder if you've thought about the climate?"

In the face of Fatima's rebuttal, Gu Ji was not speechless, but his central nervous system was rapidly activated, and the cases and causes of natural disasters in the memory area all appeared in front of him:

"September and October in India every year is the rainy season and the post-monsoon season, thunder and lightning storms are frequent, mudslides, floods and other disasters often occur, and from the beginning of the 20th century to 2018, the average temperature in India has risen by about 0.7°C, global warming has led to an increase in temperature, and the increase in temperature has caused an increase in water vapor, which has led to heavy rainfall in the monsoon rainy season in India, and a report by the Potsdam Climate Impact Institute also pointed out that global warming has made the monsoon in India stronger."

According to the release of the Atmospheric and Environmental Comprehensive Observatory of the Summer Academy of Sciences, in the winter of 17 and 18, the snow area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is 22.2% less than that of the climatological state, and the lack of snow will cause the surface heat to be felt in spring and summer, and the upward movement is stronger, which is conducive to the upward propagation of the sensory heat flux, further strengthening the tropospheric temperature, promoting the difference between the plateau and the ocean tropospheric heat to become larger, strengthening the monsoon meridian circulation, and ultimately leading to the strengthening of the monsoon environment."

"Animals are always the best warning of disasters, even the Indian bison, which are very water-based, have fled from Bangbei, and the birds are also migrating to the south, indicating that the rivers in Bangbei have begun to flood, seriously affecting the biological ecological environment, and this can't cause alarm?"

As soon as the voice fell, Fatima had the same reaction as the operator:

Silent.

The other party didn't seem to have imagined that Gu Ji's expertise in meteorological disasters was so rich, and even rose to the height of global climate change, but he could still push back the strengthening results of the Indian monsoon step by step based on this, with clear thinking, rigorous logic, and almost impeccable.

To know.

Assam is located at the foot of the Himalayas, so it is very influenced by the Tibetan Plateau.

"Mr. Vidi, what's your full name? Where to work? ”

"Vidi Dali, Assam Department of Agriculture County Office!"

"Department of Agriculture, no wonder, I have already recorded the phone call, I will immediately rush to the Bangbei Meteorological Monitoring Station and the Water Conservancy Department to investigate the flood irrigation situation of the river, if there is any abnormality, I will notify you immediately!"

"It's useless to inform me, the key is whether the state government's existing materials, manpower, and medical care are capable of coping with a major rainstorm and flood crisis, just the orange warning for heavy rain has already kept the district fire department busy, if there is a real flood, won't the whole state of Assam be directly paralyzed?"

Even if he doesn't mention the disaster prevention experience in the field of natural disasters, Gu Ji also knows the importance of personnel and materials after experiencing the cruise checkpoint.

Sometimes a bottle of medical alcohol and a set of protective clothing may save a life;

Converted to natural disasters, a life jacket and a bottle of compressed canned food will even involve a family!

To put it bluntly, in terms of professional meteorological knowledge, Gu Ji is actually not as good as Fatima, and the reason why he can say so much is just to expand according to the "standard answer", because the mission objectives clearly tell him that Assam is a disaster area.

So whatever he says, it's right in the end.

Speaking of this step, Fatima knew that the other party not only had real talent and learning, but also had rich practical experience, and after she repeatedly emphasized that she would start the investigation and arrangement, she hurriedly hung up the phone.

Gu Ji looked down at the turbulent torrential rain underground, closed the window, and returned to bed.

This is already the limit of what he can do at present, a small accident, a man-made conflict, he may be able to rush up alone to save a few people, to a medium-sized public health incident, it is necessary to gather more than a dozen doctors and nurses to help, set up isolation areas, treatment areas, observation areas, and so on.

And when it comes to large-scale disasters, let alone him, even dozens or hundreds of people, in the face of nature's wrath, it is only in vain, unless there are government departments, volunteers, and the military involved.

"Now we can only wait for news from that Fatima......"

From avoiding Bengal tigers in the afternoon to continuously going around to purchase supplies, Gu Ji dragged his tired nerves and gradually closed his eyelids.

"Help!"

"Let's go, run!"

……

Gu Ji opened his eyes suddenly, and his heart was beating violently.

He was awakened in his sleep by the sound of a cry for help.

Turning my wrist, the familiar Volut watch showed the time: 5:17, the sky outside the window was gloomy, and the sound of "bang-la-la" raindrops continued, indicating that the rainstorm had been raining all night.

Gu Ji rubbed his eyelids and yawned to temporarily fade away his exhaustion.

took out his mobile phone, and the weather station sent another message in the early hours of the night:

"Red Rainstorm Warning Signal: 60 mm of precipitation has been recorded in many parts of central Assam in the past 1 to 2 hours; It is expected that there will be 40 to 60 mm of precipitation in the next 1 to 2 hours, pay attention to prevent urban waterlogging, road traffic safety; Issued by the Assam Meteorological Observatory at 3:43 on October 11, 2024. ”

"Sure enough, a red warning for heavy rain has been issued!"

He didn't dare to imagine how terrible it would be for such a rainstorm to last all night, he hurriedly turned over and got out of bed, didn't even have time to wash his face, poured a big mouthful of water, put on the waterproof underground work clothes he bought yesterday, picked up his backpack, and went down the stairs while nibbling on biscuits.

Unexpectedly, when he walked to the third floor of the stairs, he met a middle-aged man in a white robe on the second floor, who was the hotel owner who brought him into the room yesterday.

The boss didn't recognize Gu Ji's dress at first, but he reacted later.

Seeing that he was about to go downstairs with his bag on his back, he raised his hands and kept swinging, shook his head and said:

"Sir! Mr! For your safety, don't go downstairs now, the streets downstairs are all flooded, and you will probably be flooded when you go out! ”

"Thank you, but I have to go out, the room hopes you can keep it for me!"

Compared with the rising water level in the city caused by the heavy rain, Gu Ji is more worried about his room, and it is not easy to find a safe shelter in the event of a disaster.

After saying goodbye to the innkeeper.

When Gu Ji came to the first floor, the turbid brown sewage had already poured into the steps of the first floor, and it was initially estimated that it was at least close to half a meter deep, no wonder the boss didn't let him out.

You know, this is one of the highest locations in the city of Disbur.

Even this place was flooded by half a meter, and he didn't dare to imagine what those low-lying places would look like.

"Whoa......

Gu Ji stepped on rubber boots and entered the water, and the resistance from the current made it slightly difficult for him to walk, but fortunately, after he gained the skills of naval combat training, he quickly adapted to this way of wading and hiking.

After walking out of the hotel.

The rain was still pouring outside, but at least it was much lighter than last night's, and as far as the eye could see, the entire alley was flooded, a sea of water, and some of the low buildings in the distance could only see a little top.

In the current, countless soaked-bore, dark-skinned passers-by were carrying furniture or sandbags, as if trying to stop the water from pouring into their homes, but it was in vain, and many of them were pushing bicycles or wrapping their heads to get to work.

"The state disaster management department has not issued a statement that the state will suspend classes and business?"

Just when Gu Ji was puzzled.

"Ah——!h

I made a mistake in the last atmospheric pressure data, the information was written incorrectly, it has been changed, and in addition, I wish you all a happy New Year's Day!

(End of chapter)