"Heavy Rain Orange Warning Signal: In the past hour, the central region of Assam has received 26 milliters of precipitation; it is expected that in the next one to two hours, 25 to 30 milliters of precipitation will occur. Please be mindful of urban flooding and road traffic safety; issued by the Assam teorological Departnt on October 10, 2024, at 19:13."
Warning Levels: Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red.
Unexpectedly, the teorological station skipped the second level and directly issued an orange signal, indicating that the rainfall is rapidly increasing.
Most noticeably, the air pressure is significantly dropping.
Under normal conditions, ground air pressure is 1013 hPa, and during rainfall, the air pressure value must be less than 1013 hPa. It's worth noting that the center of the strong tropical storm "Sula" that landed on the coastal Hai Province of Xia Kingdom had the lowest air pressure of 985 hPa, aning that Assam's air pressure suddenly dropping to 991 indicates a tropical depression might be approaching.
The so-called tropical depression is a type of tropical cyclone but belongs to the weakest level, further developing into a tropical storm and typhoon.
Assam is part of the Bengal Bay region where storms and tornadoes form every year in September and October.
Gu Ji imdiately ran to the window and opened it.
"Phew! Splash..."
First, a strong cold wind attacked through the window cracks, and then there was the sound of torrential rain beating on the ground, even rain splashing on the windowsill.
He stuck his head out the window, turned on the flashlight, and took a glance at the ground.
Outside, there's rolling thunder, the heavy rain had already ford sheets, the gravel road was completely covered with water, resembling a flowing creek, with countless water blooms opening in a rush. Nearby, not a single shadow was on the street, and looking far away, the buildings and trees were all blurred.
"The drainage system in Dispur is already unable to handle this heavy rain…"
Gu Ji murmured to himself, taking a deep breath, vaguely feeling so stuffiness, this is actually the low pressure affecting the body's supply of oxygen. Once the pressure drops sharply in a short ti, it can accelerate breathing and blood circulation, leading to shortness of breath, increased heart rate, even hypoxia, dizziness, headache, similar to altitude sickness.
He took out his mobile phone and dialed the fire departnt.
Even if departnts like teorology and water resources are off duty now, ergency rescue, power supply, police, and fire fighting are definitely on standby 24 hours.
Unexpectedly, the fire departnt's phone went unanswered for a while.
It was nearly half a minute later before a operator responded, and Gu Ji quickly and briefly inford the various abnormalities discovered in the afternoon.
But the fire departnt operator said that this was not under their jurisdiction and he could take responsibility for recording and reporting to the teorology and water resources departnts.
Helplessly, Gu Ji had only one last resort left: the Disaster Managent Departnt!
This is a departnt established by the Indian cabinet governnt specifically for dealing with various natural disasters in the country, responsible for natural disaster agencies such as cyclones, earthquakes, floods, droughts, and landslides, similar to Xia Kingdom's Ergency Managent Bureau.
After getting the phone number from the fire departnt operator, he hurriedly dialed again.
This ti, the waiting ti was even longer.
After a full minute, soone finally answered:
"Hello sir, this is Assam Disaster Managent Departnt's public assistance hotline, I am the operator..."
"My na is Vidi, from the State Agricultural Departnt's office research group. I just saw the teorological departnt's information center issued a heavy rain orange warning, and now the drainage system in Dispur's town is unable to withstand the strong rainfall brought by this downpour. The water level in low-lying areas is rapidly rising, estimated to soon face urban underground water backflow, and the fire departnt takes half a minute to connect dispatch, indicating urban disaster incidents are rapidly escalating and firefighting forces are heavily consud."
"The current air pressure value is 990 hPa, already approaching the center low pressure value of tropical storms, and there's a high probability that a low-pressure belt from the monsoon post-season in Bengal Bay is landing, continuous heavy rainfall will likely cause floods in Assam's Brahmaputra River. Just from this afternoon's large-scale animal invasion into towns we can..."
Seeing the operator still sticking to this afternoon's teorological departnt routine, Gu Ji hurriedly spoke to interrupt him first.
But whether it was because his speech was too fast, or the description of his information was too professional, there was silence on the other end of the phone for a long ti, until he finished speaking and reminded again, the operator finally reacted.
"Mr. Vidi, sorry, our Disaster Managent Departnt has not yet received any abnormal warning information from the teorological station monitoring center, and also please…"
"I only ask one question, are you now in Dispur? Have you heard how heavy the rain outside is? The teorological departnt assured this afternoon, saying no strong rainfall signal was detected, but in the evening, within just one hour, two heavy rain warnings were issued consecutively, and now the hourly precipitation has exceeded 26 milliters."
"In terms of teorological observation, tropical depressions are relatively loose in organization, those ford within monsoon troughs show more distinct monsoon low-pressure nature, with strong winds outside and weak inside, and convective hollows, making it difficult to recognize the low-level circulation center. If we really wait for the tropical depression to completely land or form a tropical storm, it will be too late!"
Gu Ji felt very grateful that since acquiring the "Crisis Managent Ga", he never neglected to research skills in the four major areas of the system, even if they were useless, he would at least ignite level one, which stored a lot of professional knowledge on the formation and handling of natural disasters in his brain.
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