On September 26th, 2006, Typhoon David 18 hit Hainan, and Baoting County suffered a frontal attack. Before the typhoon came, the county government held a meeting in accordance with the spirit of the provincial government's tropical storm defense work conference, and made arrangements for the defense of typhoon attacks in townships (towns) and agricultural (tea) farms, demanding that people in dangerous areas be evacuated to safe areas to prevent geological disasters caused by heavy rains. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the 25th, the County Bureau of Land, Environment and Resources informed the Gan Mao Township Government to send a cadre to the Qing 'anling Iron Ore Concentrator in Nanhao Village, Gan Mao Township, and asked the factory personnel to evacuate immediately. However, due to the luck of the person in charge of the factory, it was not until 5 pm on 26th that Typhoon 18 hit the factory. After the roofs of some sheds were lifted, all personnel (16 people) were required to get on the bus and prepare to evacuate. But three people went back to the hut to get clothes. After about 10 minutes,

Debris flow site of Qing 'anling Iron Mine

Worker Lao Shi went to rush him. Just then, a mudslide occurred in the ravine behind the shed of the factory, and the shed was buried instantly. Three people died, 1 person was slightly injured. On September 27th, Ding Shijiang, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Land, Environment and Resources, led relevant personnel to conduct field research to understand the disaster situation and deploy disaster prevention and mitigation work.

Provincial leaders and experts conducted on-site investigation to understand the disaster situation.