They are racing against time, fighting for the frontline emergency response of flood control and disaster relief | the masses | disaster relief
Emergency response to flood prevention in the Yuanhai River Basin has been raised to the highest level
——Striving every minute and second to fully ensure the safety of people's lives and property
At 9:00 am on August 1st, a certain land aviation brigade of the 81st Group Army flew to Mentougou District, Beijing to carry out airdrop rescue operations, completing the airdrop mission of 1900 urgently needed supplies such as food, 900 raincoats, and 700 blankets, as well as the transportation and evacuation of the wounded and sick. The picture shows the loading of supplies by officers and soldiers before departure. Fu Ding Photography
On the evening of July 31st, the Beijing Armed Police Force mobilized officers and soldiers from a certain detachment to rescue the people trapped by flash floods in Jiagou Village, Tanzhesi Town, Mentougou District, Beijing. A total of 102 people were rescued that night, including 6 elderly people and 9 children. Photographed by He Guancheng
On July 31st, officers and soldiers of the Beijing Armed Police Force transferred trapped people in Fangshan District, Beijing. On that day, a total of 676 trapped people in 6 villages were transferred, and more than 1000 pieces of materials were assisted in transportation. Photography report by Li Zhuoer and Wang Bin
On July 31st, the left bank of Nanli Liuzi Lock in Nanhe District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, and the left bank of Lizhao Bridge on the Nanli River burst. Upon hearing the order, officers and soldiers of the Xingtai Detachment of the Hebei Armed Police Headquarters immediately loaded flood control and emergency supplies, dispatched 300 troops and 18 motor vehicles to rush to the front line of emergency rescue. Li Zhuoer Miao Yu Photography Report
Recently, due to the impact of Typhoon Dussuri, extreme rainfall processes have occurred in North China, Huanghuai and other areas, causing floods and geological disasters, resulting in significant casualties in Beijing, Hebei and other areas.
We should properly resettle the affected population, promptly repair damaged infrastructure such as transportation, communication, and electricity, and restore normal production and living order as soon as possible.
All regions and relevant departments prioritize rescuing people, further strengthen overall command and dispatch, and make every effort to do a good job in emergency response for rescue and rescue.
——Editor
Make every effort to cope with the impact of extreme heavy rainfall
According to the statistics of the China Meteorological Administration, the heavy rainfall covered a large area of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other provinces, and the accumulated rainfall was far more than the "July 21" extremely heavy rainstorm in 2012. According to statistics, as of 11:00 on August 1st, the total precipitation in the Haihe River Basin exceeded 40 billion cubic meters.
On August 1st, the General Administration of Flood Control and the Ministry of Emergency Management presided over a flood control consultation and dispatch, jointly discussing and judging with the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the China Meteorological Administration. The video was connected to the prevention offices of provinces such as Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Jilin, rolling analysis and judgment of rain, water, danger, and disaster situations, and arranging and deploying flood control and disaster relief work in key areas. Request full efforts to rescue the trapped people, arrange drones, helicopters, and emergency rescue forces to understand the situation, and safely transfer and properly relocate as soon as possible. It is understood that the National Defense Administration has coordinated with multiple departments such as the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Ministry of Water Resources to dispatch two joint emergency rescue expert groups to rush to the front lines of Mentougou and Fangshan in Beijing to assist and guide the rescue work.
On August 1st, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized eight key provincial and municipal communication management bureaus, including Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, as well as various basic telecommunications enterprise group companies, to hold a special scheduling meeting for flood prevention and communication guarantee work in key areas, and to dispatch and deploy flood prevention and communication emergency repair and communication in key areas. As of 3:00 pm on August 1st, the communication industry in six provinces and cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan has dispatched more than 84000 support personnel and more than 33000 vehicles, and restored more than 3400 base stations.
In view of the recent rainstorm and flood disaster in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, the Ministry of Finance and the Emergency Management Department urgently allocated 110 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds on August 1 to support the flood control and disaster relief work in the three regions. The local government will coordinate the use of the funds for emergency rescue and relief and the relief of the affected people, focusing on the emergency disposal such as search, rescue, relocation and resettlement of the affected people, risk elimination, and elimination, and the screening and emergency treatment of secondary disaster hazards, and the restoration of damaged civilian houses.
The Ministry of Water Resources requires full efforts to rescue the dangerous situation at the intersection of the South to North Water Diversion Project and the Juma River, ensuring the safety of the project. And strengthen the defense of important embankments such as the left embankment of Yongding River and the left embankment of Baigou River, implement weak embankment defense measures, and ensure the safety of key defense objects such as Xiong'an New Area and Beijing Daxing International Airport. Starting from 13:00 on August 1st, the Haihe River Water Resources Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources has upgraded the emergency response level for flood prevention from level II to level I, and the emergency response level for flood prevention in the Haihe River Basin has been raised to the highest level. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources stated that the current flood control in the Haihe River Basin is undergoing a flood evolution process, and we must not slack off just because the rainfall has weakened or the peak flood has passed. We must make every effort to do a good job in flood control in the Haihe River Basin.
Put rescuing people first
The emergency rescue work in the disaster stricken area is being carried out in a race against time.
According to data from the Beijing Meteorological Bureau, from 20:00 on July 29th to 21:00 on August 1st, the average rainfall in the city reached 273.3 millimeters. The maximum rainfall in the city occurred at the Wangjiayuan Reservoir in Changping, reaching 744.8 millimeters. Among them, the average rainfall in Fangshan District is 426.9 millimeters, and the average in Mentougou District is 481.7 millimeters. As of 6:00 am on August 1st, this round of heavy rainfall has caused a total of 44673 people in 13 districts of Beijing to be affected, and a total of 127000 threatened residents have been relocated throughout the city.
As of 17:00 on August 1st, the Beijing Red Cross Society has dispatched nearly 400 members of 9 Red Cross rescue teams, including medical and water rescue teams, and deployed more than 30 sets of professional equipment such as ambulances, all terrain rescue vehicles, rescue trailers, and lifeboats to carry out rescue work in Fangshan, Mentougou, and other places.
A large number of houses in Shuiyuzui Village, Miaofengshan Town, Mentougou District, Beijing were washed down by landslides caused by rainstorm. The Beijing Armed Police Force mobilized a certain detachment to disperse and search for villages and rescue injured personnel. After 22 hours of continuous fighting, 107 affected villagers were transferred and more than 1100 items of village supplies and property were transported.
The reporter learned from the Tianjin Emergency Management Bureau that as of the time of publication, rainfall in Tianjin has entered an intermittent period, but as upstream river floods gradually enter, the flood prevention situation is still relatively severe. On August 1st at 1:00 pm, Tianjin upgraded its Level III emergency response for flood control to Level I emergency response for flood control. More than 35000 people have been transferred throughout Tianjin.
The reporter learned from the Tianjin Water Bureau that the water levels of Yongding River, North Canal - Qinglongwan Jian River, Daqing River, and Ziya River are continuously rising. In response to the situation of upstream floods entering the country, the municipal water department dispatched four hydrological monitoring assault teams and three drones to track and survey the flood heads of Yongding River, Daqing River, Ziyaxin River, and Qinglongwan, providing information support for the subsequent use of flood discharge and storage areas.
The reporter learned from the Flood Control and Drought Relief Command of Hebei Province that as of 12:00 on August 1st, this heavy rainfall has caused 540703 people in 87 counties in Hebei Province to be affected. As of now, Hebei Province has successively opened 7 flood storage and detention areas, completing the transfer of 847400 people.
From 8:00 on July 29th to 11:00 on August 1st, there was a significant precipitation weather process in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. At the same time, due to the impact of upstream floods, the risk of river flooding and urban waterlogging in Zhuozhou City has intensified. According to statistics, as of 10:00 on August 1st, the number of people affected by the disaster in Zhuozhou City was 133913; There are 146 affected villages with an area of 225.38 square kilometers. At present, Zhuozhou City has established 28 emergency rescue teams with a total of 8755 people, and has cooperated with professional rescue teams such as the stationed troops and the Blue Sky Rescue Team to fully provide rescue support.
As of 16:00 on August 1st, the national comprehensive fire rescue teams in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region have participated in handling 2577 dangerous situations caused by this round of heavy rainfall. They have dispatched 12624 firefighters, 6825 vehicles, and 2791 boats, rescuing and evacuating more than 6300 trapped people.
Ensuring the basic living needs of the masses
In Fangshan District, Beijing, some power supply poles and transformers were damaged by flash floods, and power supply and communication lines were also damaged in some areas. Approximately 60000 households in the entire region experienced power outages, with 3410 households in 28 villages experiencing power outages. Additionally, 62 villages in 7 townships experienced poor network communication. Currently, Fangshan District is making every effort to organize emergency repairs.
The dredging work in the Mentougou urban area of Beijing has been fully carried out. Cadres and the masses worked closely together to carry out post flood dredging work on 4.4234 million square meters of roads in the region, prioritizing the opening of 9 severely affected roads such as Shuangyu Road, Xinqiao Street, and Chengzi Street. As of 14:00 on August 1st, a total of 115 mechanical equipment have been deployed, and more than 540 tons of sludge and garbage have been cleared. At present, the road dredging work is still being carried out in an orderly manner.
To ensure the flood safety of the Daqing River and Yongding River, Langfang City, Hebei Province, issued an orange warning for the use of the Dongdian flood storage and detention area on July 30, and a red warning for the use of the Yongding River floodplain on July 31, requiring six counties in Guangyang, Anci, Gu'an, Yongqing, Wen'an, and Bazhou to immediately carry out mass transfer, resettlement site construction, and hidden danger investigation. At present, more than 200000 people from 213 villages and streets in 19 townships and 6 counties have been orderly transferred and resettled, and each centralized resettlement site can meet the basic living needs of the people.
The K396 train bound for Fengtai District, Beijing was forced to be stranded near Luopoling Station in Mentougou District, Beijing. The Beijing Armed Police Force mobilized a certain detachment to quickly gather 1000 armed police officers and soldiers, and loaded three vehicles loaded with fresh water, food and other supplies to urgently rush to the front line. On the afternoon of August 1st, some food delivered by the People's Armed Police Force and Beijing Public Security Bureau has been distributed to passengers. The railway department is working together with all parties to overcome difficulties and strive to deliver the materials as soon as possible.
