National Flood Control Office and Ministry of Emergency Management Deploy Flood Control and Disaster Relief Work in Key Regions Typhoon | Flood Control | Key Points
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 5 (Xinhua News Agency) -- The General Office of the National Defense Administration and the Emergency Management Department organized a video conference on flood and typhoon prevention on August 5 to discuss and dispatch. They discussed with the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Natural Resources to determine the development trend of rainstorm and flood disasters in North China and Northeast China, and the sixth typhoon of this year, "Kanu". The video links the prevention offices of Tianjin, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei and other provinces, and arranges and deploys flood prevention and relief work in key areas.
The meeting pointed out that the current flood control period is still in the key period of "seven down and eight up", and the situation of typhoon rainstorm and flood is still very uncertain. We must objectively and soberly understand the severe situation of current flood prevention work, and resolutely fight the tough battle of flood prevention and disaster relief this year. We must make every effort to organize emergency rescue and rescue efforts, and rescue trapped and lost personnel as soon as possible. We need to quickly connect communication in disconnected villages, and urgently repair and connect infrastructure such as water damaged roads and electricity. We need to closely monitor changes in rainfall and water conditions, and scientifically schedule flood control projects.
At present, the National Flood Control Administration maintains a second level emergency response for flood control in Tianjin and Hebei, and a third level emergency response for flood control in Beijing, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. Ten flood prevention and disaster relief working groups dispatched by the General Administration of Flood Control and the National Disaster Reduction Commission have assisted and guided local flood prevention and disaster relief work in Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places.
In addition, the Emergency Management Department dispatched national firefighting and rescue teams, as well as national professional rescue teams, to the severely affected areas to fully support local rescue and disaster relief work. Among them, in response to the disaster in Zhuozhou, Hebei, the Shandong Fire Rescue Brigade was dispatched to reinforce across regions. As of 16:00 on the 5th, a total of 67 flood control and rescue tasks were carried out, rescuing and evacuating 1098 people in distress and trapped, with a total drainage volume of 317000 cubic meters.