Rescue, cleaning up, killing, and opening the floodgates … All localities went all out to deal with the rescue and disaster relief in the flood season.
CCTV News:On June 16, continuous heavy rainfall occurred in many places in Meizhou, Guangdong Province, and many places were seriously affected. The National Fire and Rescue Bureau, Guangdong Aviation Rescue Center and other departments went to Meizhou to carry out rescue.
According to the data, as of 19: 00 on June 18th, more than 500 professional rescuers, technicians, medical staff and experts in flood control and disaster relief have been transported to the disaster area, and 34 batches of emergency relief materials such as generators, food, drinking water and medical equipment are about 27 tons. Fourteen seriously injured patients were transported from the disaster area, and 40 people were transferred.
On June 17th, Guangdong Mobile Team of National Fire and Rescue Bureau dispatched 320 people and 20 vehicles to Pingyuan County of Meizhou City to carry out rescue work.
On the morning of the 18th, in Dazige Village, Pingyuan County, a government worker accidentally fell and injured his leg while transferring people. The injury was so serious that he needed to be sent to the hospital. The rescue team walked back and forth for a total of 8.5 kilometers, which took 2 hours to transport the wounded to a safe area and sent them to an ambulance for treatment. In Jintian Village, Pingyuan County, the rescue team urgently "unblocked the fire-fighting life passage" for the 80-year-old man, and successfully transferred the old man to a safe area by helicopter from the local department and two medical staff from the hospital.
Tai Po, Guangdong Province: Clean up and kill flooded areas in an orderly manner.
In dapu county, Meizhou, Guangdong, in recent days, as the flood receded, the local people quickly organized personnel to carry out cleaning and disinfection work, do a good job in post-disaster relief, and restore the normal life order of the people as soon as possible.
The reporter saw in Chayang Town, dapu county that the accumulated water in various streets has receded, and local people are organizing people to clear silt, dredge ditches and sweep streets in flooded areas, and the traffic on main streets has basically returned to normal. The affected residents have also moved out the furniture and other items that have been flooded and washed. After the accumulated water and sludge are cleaned up, the staff will carry out carpet-type comprehensive disinfection of the flooded area to prevent the breeding of bacteria, mosquitoes and flies.
It is understood that floods are easy to pollute the surrounding environment, water bodies and food, and cause the occurrence and prevalence of various infectious diseases. Therefore, timely disinfection and epidemic prevention after disasters is one of the important health and epidemic prevention measures. At present, the disaster-stricken towns in Tai Po have also quickly carried out carpet-type comprehensive disinfection of the flooded areas, assisted the people to disinfect their living environment, and made a good test of drinking water to ensure the safety of drinking water for the people.
Liuzhou, Guangxi: Flash floods blocked roads and firefighters moved trapped workers.
On June 18, waterlogging occurred in many places in Liuzhou, Guangxi. At about 1 am, in Baipeng Town, Liujiang District, Liuzhou, many people were trapped by the flood, and the rescue began immediately.
Because it is remote and some roads are blocked by floods, fire engines can’t reach the scene directly. Firefighters unload their boats, carry life-saving equipment and approach the trapped people under the guidance of insiders. At about 4: 30 in the morning, firefighters arrived at the location of the trapped people.
It is understood that these 15 trapped people are all workers working nearby. When they were working at night, they found water rising, so they were ready to drive away from the construction site. Unexpectedly, the roads on both sides were flooded, so they had to abandon their cars and move to higher ground to wait for rescue. In less than an hour, the vehicles were flooded.
After understanding the situation, firefighters put life jackets on the trapped people and transferred 15 trapped workers to a safe area in four batches.
Hengzhou, Guangxi: Multi-departments responded quickly to the emergency treatment of sudden landslides.
In Guangxi, continuous heavy rainfall has caused floods, and various localities have taken measures to actively respond.
In Hengzhou City, Guangxi, affected by heavy rainfall, at about 6 o’clock on June 18th, a sudden landslide occurred at the west exit of Shanghai-Hengzhou Expressway about 100 meters towards Hengzhou, and a truck got stuck on the side of the road, causing traffic jams. The traffic police and the highway maintenance department went all out to clean up the road and rescue the side-trapped vehicles. At 10 o’clock in the morning, the side-trapped vehicle was pulled out and the accident section resumed traffic.
On the morning of June 18th, a sudden mudslide occurred in Bantao section of National Highway 324 in Yao Township, Lucheng, tianlin county, Guangxi, which led to the interruption of road traffic and a van was trapped by the mudslide.
The local government immediately organized the response. The traffic police department implemented temporary traffic control on the road section and diverted the blocked vehicle personnel to a safe area. The highway maintenance department deployed large machinery to clean up the road surface deposits on the debris flow section. After emergency repair, the road resumed half-way traffic at 3 pm. The accident caused no casualties.
On June 18th, a man was trapped on a small bridge in tan tang, Guigang, Guangxi. Fire and rescue workers arrived at the scene and found that the road section to the small bridge had been flooded, and the small bridge could only see the guardrail position, and the water was rushing. The man was trapped at the guardrail by the bridge, and a motorcycle next to him was half submerged.
Fire and rescue workers arrived at the man’s trapped place to help the trapped man put on his life jacket and do a good job of rope protection. Subsequently, fire rescuers and shore personnel tightened the rope to slowly pull the trapped man back to the shore.
Xianju, Zhejiang: Lower Shore Reservoir opens floodgates to ensure safe flood season.
The continuous rainfall in these days has caused some reservoirs in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province to store more water than the flood limit level. On the 18th, Taizhou Xianju Xiaan Reservoir opened the floodgate to release water, reducing the water storage pressure.
At 10: 15 in the morning, the water stored in the three-hole gate of Xiaan Reservoir poured down from a height of more than 10 meters. The staff used loudspeakers to persuade the people who watched the flood discharge from the sluice section of Lailai Reservoir to evacuate to a safe area.
According to statistics, from 8: 00 on June 1 to 8: 00 on June 18, the average rainfall near Xiaan Reservoir reached 324.5 mm, and at 3: 00 on the 18th, the water level of the reservoir reached 207.89 m, exceeding the flood limit of 0.89 m.. By 10: 00 on the 19th, the reservoir had discharged more than 2.6 million cubic meters of flood water, and the water level had dropped below the flood limit.
The reporter learned from the water conservancy department of Taizhou City that as of 8: 00 on June 19th, there were three large and medium-sized reservoirs in the city that exceeded the flood limit. Next, according to the instructions of the water conservancy department, the local authorities will open the floodgates one after another to lower the water level of the reservoirs and ensure the safety of the flood season.
Shanghang, Fujian: The bridge was washed away and rescuers moved trapped residents.
Affected by heavy rainfall, a bridge in Xikou Town, Shanghang County, Longyan City, Fujian Province was washed away. On June 18, rescuers rushed to the scene to transfer the trapped residents.
Rescuers arrived at the scene and found that the bridge on the river had been washed away. The current is too fast to cross the river by boat. Rescuers used ropes to build a crossing system between the two banks, and used equipment such as straps, pulleys and safety hooks to carry out rescue on the other bank. According to the situation at the scene, the rescuers put the old people trapped on the stretcher for protection, and then crossed the other side through the rope. For the children among the trapped people, rescuers carry the children on their bodies through safety devices and then cross the river. As of 19: 00 that night, 11 trapped people in nearby villages were successfully transferred and properly resettled.
