Xinhua All Media+| Rescuing and Striving for Time, Search and Rescue Continuously - The Rescue Site for Mountain Floods and Mudslides in Chang'an District, Xi'an City Directly Attacks Ziping Village | Street | Xinhua All Media+
From 8:00 to 18:00 on August 11, rainstorm occurred in Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province; At around 18:00, a sudden flash flood and debris flow disaster occurred in Jiwozi Formation, Xieziping Village, Luanzhen Street, Chang'an District. As of 7:00 on the 12th, 2 people have died and 16 people have been lost.
At around 10 o'clock on the 12th, the reporter drove along National Highway 210 from Fengyukou in Chang'an District for about 27 kilometers and arrived at the Jiwozi Group in Heiziping Village, where the incident occurred. Along the way, it can be seen that the local traffic police department has set up checkpoints in multiple places.
On August 12th, rescue personnel were searching and rescuing along the river. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zou Jingyi
Heiziping Village is located along the 210 National Highway at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, with a terrain of "two mountains sandwiched by one river". Due to the beautiful scenery and cool climate along the way, there are many farmhouses here.
The weather has cleared up in the morning, and the reporter saw that the roads along the way are relatively smooth. The floods in the river have receded, and firefighting, ambulance, and electric emergency vehicles are continuously driving towards the scene of the incident.
At the scene of the incident, the roadbed by the river has been washed away by floods. Two houses located in the valley area were washed away by flash floods and mudslides, with only two brick walls remaining in one house. Rescue workers are cleaning up the mud and large rocks washed down the mountain.
This is the scene of the mountain flood and debris flow disaster in Jiwozi Formation, Heiziping Village, Luanzhen Street, Chang'an District, Xi'an City, captured on August 12th. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zou Jingyi
At the riverside, a large number of rescue personnel are searching for missing individuals. The members of the special service station of the Xi'an Fire Rescue Detachment said that they arrived at the scene at three or four o'clock in the morning on the 12th and began searching and rescue without stopping for a moment. "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will not give up."
The reporter saw that although there were instant noodles and other food prepared at the scene, rescue workers didn't even bother to eat them. "Saving people is important, clearing the way is important!" said the firefighters participating in the rescue at the scene.
"Yesterday evening, the road was washed away and there was a mudslide, and our hearts were in our throats." Ms. Zhang, a 62 year old villager from the chicken coop group, said, "Later, rescue workers and government workers quickly came to help and evacuate nearby villagers, and we finally felt at ease."
After the disaster occurred, the Emergency Management Department dispatched a working group to the scene urgently to guide rescue and disposal, and dispatched 207 local firefighting and rescue teams to carry out rescue operations. Shaanxi Province quickly activated the emergency plan and dispatched multiple rescue teams from the provincial and municipal emergency departments to the scene for rescue, with a focus on rescuing the injured and searching for missing persons.
As of now, the damaged road section of National Highway 210 from Fengyukou in Chang'an District to the scene of the incident has been restored, and personnel search and rescue, emergency rescue, transfer and avoidance, risk elimination, and reinforcement of river embankments are being carried out in an orderly manner.
