Flooding caused 5.503 million people in Jiangxi to be flooded and flood control emergency response was upgraded to level I (Figure)

　　China News Service Nanchang, July 11 (Wu Pengquan) The flood disaster started on the 6th continued to escalate in Jiangxi, a province in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. According to statistics at 11:30 on July 11, the disaster has caused 5.053 million people in the province to be affected, with a direct economic loss of 6.02 billion yuan.

On the afternoon of July 10, at the dike of Weiwei Dao Road, Changjiang, Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, the construction crew of the rescue team was driving various types of engineering vehicles to compete for the second. Photo by Liu Zhankun

　　The reporter learned from the Jiangxi Provincial Emergency Management Office that on July 11, there were 33 supervised river channels in the province. At 8 o'clock on the 11th, the water level of Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, was 22.26 meters with a super alert 3.26 meters; the water level of Jiujiang was 22.41 meters with a super alert 2.41 meters; the water level of the lake mouth was 22.06 meters with a super alert 2.56 meters.

　　In addition, at 8:00 on the 10th, there were 2 over-flood limit reservoirs in the Jiangxi transfer reservoir, which were 0.88 meters over-flood limit for Zhelin Reservoir and 0.16 meters over-flood limit for Jiangkou Reservoir.

On the afternoon of July 10th, at the dyke collapse site in Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, there was a lot of houses and a lot of houses inundated to the first floor. Photo by Liu Zhankun

　　According to local reports, as of 11:30 on July 11th, the flood and waterlogging disaster that started on July 6th caused 5.053 million people to be affected in 98 counties (cities, districts, and functional areas) in Jiangxi, and emergency resettlement of 405,000 people. 154,000 people were needed for emergency life assistance. The area affected by the crops was 443.4 thousand hectares, 68.6 thousand hectares were unacceptable, 371 houses and 859 houses collapsed, 749 houses and 1858 houses were severely damaged, and 3401 houses and 6466 houses were generally damaged. The direct economic loss was 6.02 billion yuan.

　　In view of the current flood control situation, in accordance with the provisions of the "Jiangxi Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Emergency Plan", upon request from the Jiangxi Provincial Commander General for Command, the Jiangxi Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters decided to upgrade the flood control level II emergency response to level I at 10:00 on July 11. (Finish)