Zhongtu Network employees are trapped and seeking help! Latest news, book warehouse flooded in Zhuozhou | Rescue | Employees
Recently, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province
The severe flood prevention situation is heart wrenching
On the evening of August 1st
A request for help message on Zhongtu Network is scrolling online
Latest news: Rescue forces have arrived and nearly half of the employees have been transferred out
On the early morning of the 2nd, a staff member from Zhongtu Network, @ Tubutushi, stated on social media that nearly half of the employees have been transferred and rescue personnel are coordinating. The children and pregnant women have been rescued.
According to previous reports, there were over 50 trapped employees on Zhongtu Network, waiting for rescue on the third and fourth floors of the office building near the warehouse.
Recently, due to the extremely heavy rainstorm in North China, Zhuozhou, Hebei, was hit by floods. Many publishing institutions with book warehouses here suffered heavy losses. On August 1st, time Chinese, unread and other book planning agencies, as well as China Library Network, successively issued letters to customers stating that due to severe warehouse damage, it is expected that shipments will not be possible within 10-15 days.
Huang Ping, the general manager of Zhongtu Net, said that they have purchased 2000 woven bags and are preparing to purchase sand to strengthen protection. They are also moving the books in the warehouse as high as possible to prevent flooding at any time. But "The flood is too intense, don't give us too much time to react," the official WeChat account of China National Library stated in an article, "We will work hard to rebuild and survive."
Zhuozhou seeking help: requires a large number of ships
On the afternoon of the 1st, the Public Security Bureau of Zhuozhou City posted a post seeking help: Zhuozhou currently needs a large number of boats to transfer people. Global water outage, partial power outage
On August 1st at 17:00, a spokesperson for the @ Zhuozhou Public Security Network posted a post seeking help: "Zhuozhou currently needs a large number of boats to transfer people. There is a complete water outage and partial power outage, and the supply of supplies is temporarily met, but it is unclear how long it can last. The expressway is currently unobstructed, and Zhuozhou Kou can be taken off the road. There is not much problem in the east of the city, and the west of the city is heavily flooded. Ships, rafts, life jackets, and purified water all need support!"
According to a spokesperson for @ Baoding Public Security Network, after learning about the disaster in Zhuozhou, rescue forces from all over the country have successively arrived and brought a large amount of materials and professional rescue equipment. Currently, rescue efforts are still ongoing.
Starting from July 29th, Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, experienced continuous heavy rainfall. As of 20:00 on July 31st, the cumulative rainfall exceeded 300 millimeters, and the average precipitation in the city was 355.1 millimeters. From 20:00 on the 29th to 20:00 on the 30th, the rainfall reached 204 millimeters, ranking third in July's single day rainfall since local meteorological records began; From 20:00 on the 30th to 20:00 on the 31st, there was another 119.1 millimeters of heavy rainfall.
On the afternoon of August 1st, Hebei Province reported that as of 12:00 on August 1st, the heavy rainfall caused 540703 people in 87 counties of Hebei Province to be affected. Among them, 9 people died and 6 people went missing due to the disaster. The economic losses caused by the disaster are currently being counted.
