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From 18:00 to 22:00 on August 24, most of Hexi in Gansu Province encountered severe convective weather, with local cumulative rainfall reaching 78.8 mm. Affected by the severe convective weather, two people died in Jinchang City.

Reporters learned from the Jinchang Meteorological Bureau and the Wuwei Meteorological Bureau that from 18:00 to 22:00 on the 24th, the maximum cumulative rainfall in Jinchang reached 78.8 mm, the cumulative rainfall in Jinchang urban area reached 60.9 mm, and the cumulative rainfall in Wuwei urban area and other places exceeded 50 mm.

Heavy rainfall caused waterlogging on some roads in Jinchang and Wuwei. According to the Jinchang Emergency Management Bureau, in Shuangwan Town, Jinchuan District, Jinchang City, a flood torrent caused by heavy rainfall swept away a car carrying two people. When rescuers found the car in the early morning of the 25th, the two people had no vital signs.

The reporter learned from Gansu Water Affairs Shandan Water Supply Co., Ltd. that due to heavy rainfall, the water supply main network from Baishiya Reservoir in Shandan County, Zhangye City to the water plant was cut off by floods, causing serious impact on the water supply production of the water plant. At present, the company is organizing emergency repairs to the damaged main network.

At present, the heavy precipitation weather process in most parts of Hexi has ended, and the severe convective weather has moved from Hexi to Hedong. Lanzhou Central Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning for severe convective weather at 9:50 on the 25th. It is expected that in the next 24 hours, there will be scattered thunderstorms in Longzhong, Gannan Plateau, Longdong, northern Tianshui, and northern Longnan City, and there will be scattered short-term heavy precipitation in some areas, with the maximum hourly rainfall intensity of 20 to 40 mm. (Reporters Wang Peng and Liang Jun)