The National Office for Flood Control and the Ministry of Emergency Management will discuss and deploy flood prevention and disaster relief work in key areas in Tianjin
Beijing, August 6th (Xinhua) - On August 6th, the General Office of Flood Control and the Ministry of Emergency Management continued to organize special video conferences and scheduling for flood control, jointly with the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Natural Resources to assess rainfall, flood, and disaster situations, and to study and deploy flood control and disaster relief work in key areas. Video connections were made to the flood control and disaster relief offices of provinces such as Tianjin, Hebei, Heilongjiang, and Jilin to arrange and deploy flood control and disaster relief work in key areas.
The consultation pointed out that the floods of the Daqing River and Yongding River are currently passing through Tianjin, and the floods of the Ziya River are also expected to arrive. The pressure on embankments and flood storage areas to patrol and defend is high, and the rescue and reconstruction tasks for the disaster stricken people in Beijing and Hebei are relatively heavy. Some sections of the south bank of the Songhua River and the right bank of the Nenjiang River exceed the warning and protection limits, and the flood control pressure in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces is relatively high. Guangxi and Yunnan are experiencing a new round of rainfall, with accumulated heavy rainfall and high risk of geological disasters caused by mountain floods. At all levels of flood prevention and control, we must firmly establish bottom line thinking and extreme thinking, and resolutely win the tough battle of flood prevention and control.
Meeting requirements: Accelerate the speed of personnel search and rescue, continue to conduct comprehensive investigations and make every effort to search and rescue, and at the same time, ensure the self-protection of rescue personnel. Implement various living security measures for centralized resettlement sites and accelerate the restoration and reconstruction work. Continue to strengthen the inspection and defense of embankments in flood discharge and detention sections, and the Tianjin region should do a good job in flood prevention with the highest standards and strictest measures. Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces should focus on flood prevention and control in the main and tributaries of the Songhua River, such as the Lalin River, Ant River, and Mudan River, and scientifically dispatch flood control projects. In the near future, Guangxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and other regions should focus on the most unfavorable situation to strictly prevent heavy rainfall at the extreme ends of the bureau, and strengthen inspections and defense of small and medium-sized rivers, reservoirs, tailings ponds, and weak embankments.
It is reported that the current 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. The Ministry of Emergency Management, in conjunction with the State Administration of Grain and Material Reserves, allocated a total of 9000 household emergency packages to Tianjin, Jilin, and Heilongjiang on the 6th to support the emergency relocation and resettlement of disaster affected populations.