Xinhua full media+| Full efforts in disaster relief and proper resettlement - direct attack on rescue masses in rainstorm disaster in North China | Beijing Fengtai | North China
On the early morning of August 3rd, the last batch of stranded passengers at Anjiazhuang Station and Luopoling Station arrived at Beijing Fengtai Station smoothly by transfer buses. At this point, all stranded passengers on trains K396, K1178, and Z180 have been safely evacuated.
On August 3rd, stranded passengers of trains K396 and Z180 arrived at Beijing Fengtai Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
"My family and I stayed on the train for a long time." Passenger Zhang Ruoqing was forced to stop the K396 train when it encountered a rainstorm near Mentougou Luopoling Station. "Under the guidance of the flight attendant, I moved into the villagers' house. Now, I have finally returned to Beijing!" he said.
Recently, trains K396, Z180, and K1178 stayed in the Mentougou area due to line closures. Railway departments, local governments, and other parties quickly mobilized emergency rescue forces, organized passengers to evacuate and avoid danger, made every effort to ensure the supply of food, medicine, and other supplies, highlighted the care of key passengers such as the elderly and children, and ensured the safety of all passengers.
Affected by the recent rainstorm, the geological disasters of flood and waterlogging are serious in many places of Hebei and the southwest of Beijing. In recent days, all parties have 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, effectively putting the safety of people's lives and property as the top priority.
The responsibility for flood control is heavier than Mount Tai. Local relevant departments continue to carry out disaster relief efforts.
At Jingya School in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, floods gradually spread over one floor. A life relay is being carried out in an orderly manner: trapped people are transported out of the school gate by assault boats, then transported by specialized vehicles to a waterless area, and then taken a bus to the resettlement site... On the noon of August 3rd, with the cooperation of rescue forces from all walks of life for nearly 20 hours, more than 1400 people on campus were all lifted out of poverty.
The Chinese Anneng rescue team is working at a dam rescue site in Baigou River, Baoding City.
At a dike rescue site in Baigou River, Baoding City, after 24 hours of fierce fighting day and night, the China Anneng Rescue Team completed the disposal of the danger at noon on August 3rd.
"The rescue team carried forward the spirit of the 'Water, Electricity, and Iron Army' and successfully completed the task by using the operation method of non-stop human and machine rest, cross rotating 24-hour continuous combat. Wang Pingwu, the commander of the front of the China Energy Rescue Team, said that the team will be on standby and ready to rush to the rescue site at any time to maximize the protection of people's lives and property safety.".
Each department responds quickly and takes scientific action. The National Office of Flood Control and the Ministry of Emergency Management continue to organize consultations and dispatch multiple working groups to key areas to assist in guiding flood control and disaster relief work; The emergency response to flood prevention in the Haihe River Basin has been raised to the highest level; The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have urgently allocated 110 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to support flood prevention and disaster relief work in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region.
Rescue forces from all sides gallop and charge the front line at night. On August 2nd, the National Fire and Rescue Bureau launched a cross regional reinforcement plan for fire rescue teams, dispatching 500 fire rescue personnel and 76 boats from the Shandong Provincial Fire Rescue Brigade to reinforce Hebei. As of 15:30 on the 2nd, various social emergency forces have reported to the on-site coordination mechanism of the social emergency forces in Hebei Province, with a total of 1677 personnel from the 153 detachment, 331 rescue vehicles, and 271 rescue boats. More than 10650 people have been rescued and transported.
All parties should prudently resettle the affected people and restore normal production and living order as soon as possible.
On August 3, at the resettlement site of Liangxiang Gymnasium in Fangshan, Beijing, the reporter saw volunteers giving deep-fried dough sticks, Mantou, eggs and other breakfasts to the victims.
"When we arrived, the folding bed, blankets, bread, and instant noodles were ready," said Li Xiang, a villager from Pinggezhuang Village in Liulihe Town. The resettlement site provided blankets, drinking water, and other supplies, allowing everyone to charge, wash, drink hot water, and have hot rice.
On August 2nd, at the exit of Liuli River on the Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway in Fangshan District, Beijing, disaster affected people orderly boarded transport vehicles. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
Fangshan Liangxiang Water Plant and Mentougou Chengzi Water Plant have all resumed normal water supply; Emergency rescue communication has covered all towns and streets in Mentougou District; The silt on multiple main roads in Mentougou has been cleared; It took 3 days for Pingshan County, Hebei Province, to get through all the roads interrupted by rainstorm
More rescue supplies are on their way. The Ministry of Emergency Management, in conjunction with the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, urgently allocated 20000 pieces of central disaster relief materials to the disaster stricken areas to support the local authorities in ensuring the basic livelihood of the affected people; The National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 100 million yuan to support emergency recovery and reconstruction after rainstorm and flood disasters in Beijing and Hebei; The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport have urgently issued a subsidy of 30 million yuan for emergency access to highways.
