18 people lost in contact, Baoding, Hebei: 10 deaths due to disaster in the disaster area | Baoding | Lost in contact
According to the official WeChat account of the People's Government of Baoding City, Typhoon "Dusui" caused heavy rainfall throughout Baoding, with an average precipitation of 353.1 millimeters and a maximum daily precipitation of 419.7 millimeters, exceeding the historical extreme of 400.8 millimeters since records began. During heavy rainfall, out of 93 reservoirs in Baoding, 10 large and medium-sized reservoirs exceeded the flood control water level, and 67 out of 83 small reservoirs overflowed. This round of heavy rainfall has lasted for a long time and accumulated a large amount of rainfall, resulting in flooding disasters in all 22 counties in Baoding. As of 12:00 on August 5th, there were 1.1069 million people affected by the disaster in the city, and 627000 people at risk were urgently transferred; Accumulated reports of 10 deaths and 18 loss of contact due to disasters; The affected area of crops is 79000 hectares, including 16100 hectares of crop failure area; 4448 collapsed houses and 7286 severely damaged houses; There are a total of 284 bridges damaged by water, and the length of rural roads damaged by water is over 550 kilometers; Direct economic losses amounted to 16.995 billion yuan.
On August 4th at 19:00, the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Baoding City and the Baoding Meteorological Bureau jointly issued a red warning for geological disasters. Due to continuous rainfall in the near future, the risk level of geological disasters such as landslides, landslides, and mudslides in the western and northern mountainous areas of Baoding is very high. Baoding City is conducting in-depth research and assessment, and continuing to do a good job in transferring and avoiding personnel in key risk areas based on the geological disaster risk situation. Remind social rescue teams and tourists not to travel to the western and northern mountainous areas of Baoding in the near future, effectively prevent secondary disaster risks such as geological disasters and road collapses after floods, and create good conditions for accelerating disaster relief work such as transportation repair in disaster areas.