China is fully fighting against the flood situation in North China and protecting the safety of people's lives and property. Resettlement sites | Guizhou Blue Sky Rescue Team | Flood situation

On August 4th, in Shawo Village, Wharf Town, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, Guizhou Blue Sky Rescue Team members were transferring stranded villagers. Shen Jizhong

Shijiazhuang, August 5th (Xinhua) - At 9:30 am on August 4th, when the reporter arrived at Shawo Village, Wharf Town, a flood stricken area in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, he saw a group of members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team dragging their assault boats on the waves, and several villagers were successfully rescued. Soon, a heavy bulldozer also lifted several villagers out of danger with its bucket.

Affected by the recent rainstorm, Beijing, Hebei and Tianjin in North China suffered from rainstorm and flood disasters. Dock Town is located in the northeast of Zhuozhou City, with the North Juma River, Liuli River, and Xiaoqing River flowing through the area. This round of heavy rainfall and upstream river flooding have made this area a more severely affected area.

The reporter learned in the interview that as of around 12:00 on the 4th, more than 40 members of the Guizhou Blue Sky Rescue Team rescued about 30 trapped villagers in Shawo Village on the same day. At present, the average water level in the local area has dropped by about 1 meter compared to the 3rd, and the highest water level reached a depth of 3 to 4 meters before.

Guizhou Blue Sky Rescue Team Captain Wang Yi introduced that they departed from Guiyang at 22:30 on the 2nd, drove for more than 30 hours, and arrived in Zhuozhou at 5am on the 4th before heading straight to Shawo Village for rescue.

"The road leading to the village is uneven, with some areas being waist deep and others relatively shallow. The assault boat cannot use power and can only be towed manually by rescue team members." Wang Yi said.

In recent days, the two committees of Shawo Village have been on duty, assisting the Hengshui Fire Rescue Brigade and other rescue teams in transferring hundreds of trapped people. Currently, there are still 20-30 people in the village who have not been evacuated. Wei Jiangtao, Secretary of the Shawo Village Branch, said, "There are more than 1300 people in Shawo Village. As long as there is one villager in the village, our village committee will remain on duty. Fortunately, all the people in the village are safe."

On August 2nd, rescue personnel took a submachine boat to rescue and transfer people in Zhuozhou City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Bo

Faced with the flood situation, the Xiaoqing River diversion area and the Langouwa flood storage and detention area in Zhuozhou have successively been launched. Among them, a total of 86000 people were transferred from the Xiaoqing River diversion area, and 42000 people were transferred from the Langouwa flood storage and detention area.

In order to fully fight the battle against flood control and disaster relief, Zhuozhou City has established 28 emergency rescue teams with a total of 8755 people, and cooperated with rescue teams such as the stationed troops and professional rescue teams to fully ensure rescue support.

The captain of the Hengshui Fire Rescue Detachment said from Guangdong, "Our detachment led a total of 100 people, 22 vehicles, and 14 ships to participate in the Zhuozhou water rescue mission. We overcame difficulties such as unclear underwater conditions and immediately rescued and transferred trapped people. After several days of rescue, more than 130 people have been transferred."

Bottles of mineral water and bags of bread were delivered to the affected people. The reporter recently saw at the temporary resettlement site for the flood situation at the Third Middle School in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, that the disaster stricken people are receiving rescue supplies. "Eating and drinking water are not a problem at the resettlement site, and there are hot dishes for every meal," said Wang Huai, a 67 year old villager from Xiangyang San Village in Matou Town, Zhuozhou City. "It's more reassuring at the resettlement site, and the most important thing is the safety of the family.".

"I've never seen such a large amount of water before, and I'm still scared when I think about it now," Wang Huai said. The village was flooded on the afternoon of July 31st, and now a family of five are all at the resettlement site. From the moment he moved in, he felt secure and moved by the enthusiastic service of the staff.

Zhen Qing, the principal of Zhuozhou Third Middle School, introduced that on July 29th, he received a notice to use the school as a temporary resettlement site. Currently, more than 4500 disaster affected people in the surrounding area have been resettled. There is now a relatively sufficient supply of materials, including some basic medicines, hygiene products, and baby products. "After the flood, we should pay attention to sanitation and epidemic prevention, and we now do disinfection and sterilization on the corridors and dormitories every day," he said.

The reporter learned from the Office of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Command of Hebei Province that as of 10:00 on the 3rd, a total of 1.229 million people have been transferred from Hebei Province, of which 857200 have been transferred from flood storage and detention areas. At present, Hebei Province has dispatched more than 4700 rescue teams, exceeding 100000 people, and has dispatched more than 2200 working groups to areas with heavy rainfall to guide relevant cities and counties in orderly response to the heavy rainfall process.

Since July 29th, in order to ensure the transfer of disaster affected people and the passage of rescue teams, Hebei Jiaotou Group has been fully committed to flood prevention and rescue, ensuring smooth traffic on the front line, focusing on infrastructure flood prevention and road smooth traffic, and seizing damaged road sections. A total of more than 950 flood prevention and smooth traffic vehicles, more than 630 facilities and equipment, and more than 8500 emergency forces have been dispatched, and they have also participated in the relocation and resettlement of tens of thousands of disaster affected people.

After the disaster, more than 2000 officers and soldiers from the Beijing Armed Police Force rushed to Liulihe Town in Fangshan to participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief. In the rainstorm, they wielded shovels, and with the help of bulldozers, loaders and other equipment, they quickly built dams in low-lying areas of the river bed to prevent the flood danger caused by the sudden rise of the river.

The Tianjin Flood Control and Drought Relief Command organized rolling consultations and judgments with meteorological, water and other departments, and reported the flood situation to more than 10000 flood control responsible persons at all levels such as the city, district, and township. It urged all districts to increase the reinforcement of dangerous sections of embankments and the transportation of materials, and to implement professional forces to strengthen embankment patrols and inspections.

In recent days, the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region has been making continuous efforts to search and rescue missing and trapped individuals, properly resettle disaster victims, and urgently repair damaged infrastructure such as transportation, communication, and electricity. Efforts have been made to prioritize the safety of people's lives and property.