Henan： Instruct 12 cities (districts) such as Zhengzhou and Kaifeng to take measures to suspend classes and implement traffic control on 312 toll stations on 38 expressways.

　　CCTV News:According to the Henan Provincial Emergency Management Department, "At present, the snowfall process in Henan has basically ended, but most of the province has snow and the temperature continues to be low, and my governor has never experienced this kind of weather for a long time, so the preventive measures against the continuous low temperature weather need to be strengthened." In view of the following safety precautions, on December 16th, Henan Provincial Low Temperature Rain, Snow and Freezing Disaster Command held a dispatch meeting, proposing to strengthen rolling consultation, fully strengthen monitoring and early warning, timely adjust emergency response, and do a good job in information release, especially paying attention to preventing the adverse effects of low temperature rain, snow and freezing on transportation, energy supply, facility agriculture and public health.

　　At present, the strongest cold wave since this winter is affecting China. Three days from now (December 16 to 18), the cold wave will go all the way south, bringing cooling to about 80% of China’s territory. At 8: 00 on December 16, 2023, Henan Meteorological Observatory issued a blue warning of low temperature, and the lowest temperature in some areas will be as low as MINUS 20℃, which is close to or exceeds the historical extreme value in the same period. It is reported that in order to cope with the cold wave weather, the office of the provincial low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disaster headquarters has held daily consultations and dispatches since December 8, listening to the weather forecast and the preparedness of provincial units and municipalities, and started the provincial-level four-level emergency response to the low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disaster at 20: 00 on December 9, and upgraded it to the third-level response at 20: 00 on the 13th. The cities and counties (urban areas) in the snowfall area also started the emergency response according to the plan.

　　In order to ensure the continuous and stable situation of production safety in the whole province under the cold wave weather, the office of provincial headquarters, combined with the special action of "six investigations and one dozen" of production safety in the whole province, dispatched nine supervision teams to supervise and inspect the site, and urged relevant member units to send expert guidance teams to guide the disaster prevention and response work in cities. According to the weather conditions, the Provincial Department of Education timely instructed 12 cities (districts) such as Zhengzhou and Kaifeng to take measures to suspend classes. The Provincial Public Security Department dispatched 16,367 police officers and 2,629 police cars to ensure safe and smooth road traffic in bad weather. The Provincial Department of Transportation implemented traffic control on 38 high-speed 312 toll stations, and 12 national and provincial trunk roads were temporarily blocked due to icing; The province stopped 795 passenger lines and 435 urban bus lines. The Provincial Civil Affairs Department conducted more than 28,600 street inspections, and the province rescued 4,405 vagrants and beggars and street sleepers. The Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development dispatched 1038 teams with 68,000 people, and 1882 vehicles and equipment such as snow removal and transportation were used to ensure the normal operation of heating, heating, water supply and the city. The Provincial Emergency Department and the Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau urgently allocated 87,800 sets of provincial-level relief materials such as quilts and cotton coats to the whole province. At the same time, there are 4,022 emergency teams and 198,800 people in the province participating in emergency operations, and 582 people are evacuated. Agriculture, electric power, railways, commerce and other departments have also taken effective measures.

　　"At present, it is still a critical period for this round of low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters, and the impact of low-temperature disasters cannot be underestimated." The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Low-temperature Rain, Snow and Frozen Disaster Command said that it will continue to pay attention to weather changes, adhere to the meteorological-led emergency response linkage mechanism, strengthen the preparation of various measures, preset emergency forces, and all member units focus on key areas, key links and key people, strengthen deployment and do professional guidance, and put the basic livelihood of the people in an important position to ensure the province’s smooth and orderly response to this round of cold wave, rain and snow weather.