【Explanation】Recently, due to the continuous heavy rainfall and flood discharge in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, there are 24 rivers and lakes in the Anhui including the main stream of the Yangtze River exceeding the alert level. Among them, Shuiyangjiang, Nanyi Lake, Baidang Lake, Caizi Lake, Niutun River, Deshenghe Chao guarantees the water level.

  [Commentary] In Xinzhou Township, Yingjiang District, Anqing City, Anhui Province, the first Daowei outside Xinzhou Township has been washed out, the water flow is turbulent, the outer ring channels are all submerged by water, and there are many pipes in the second Daowei Embankment . The Armed Police Anhui Corps provided emergency support to fight for the rescue.

  [Explanation] Armed police officers and soldiers lay straw, masonry and other anti-skid items on the main roads, clean up branches and debris, organize personnel to pile up ridges around the pipe mouth according to the cofferdam method, reduce the head difference between the inside and outside of the dike, reduce the penetration pressure, Prevent the pipe from expanding.

  [Same period] Wang Hongzhao, Deputy Squadron Leader of the 2nd Squadron, Anqing Detachment, Armed Police Anhui Corps

  Our main task at present is to construct sub-dikes in the second levee with sand and gravel, resolutely prevent dykes from breaking out, resolutely defend the last line of defense of Jiangxinzhou, and resolutely prevent floods from rushing into the beautiful homes of the people.

  [Explanation] In Hongzhen, Huaining County, Anqing City, the local river level is only 20 cm from the crest of the dam, which is close to the highest water level in history. Once broken, 12 nearby villages, more than 40,000 people, and more than 10,000 acres of arable land will suffer huge losses, and important historical relics such as the "Jinjibei", the living fossil of Chinese opera history, will be inundated.

  [Explanation] The officers and soldiers participating in the rescue site were divided into two operation groups. One group of officers and soldiers shoveled the soil, cooperated with each other, and filled the sandbags; the other group carried the soil bags back and forth to carry out the reinforcement of the embankment. At present, the local area is fighting 24 hours a day and night to ensure the safety of the dam.

  [Same period] Shu Yu, political commissar of Anqing Detachment of Armed Police Anhui Corps

  Wherever there is danger, we must fight wherever we can, assisting the people to do rescue work, resettlement after the evacuation, etc., to ensure the safety of the people's lives and property to the greatest extent.

  【Explanation】According to statistics from the Anhui Disaster Reduction and Relief Committee, up to now, 44 counties (cities, districts) including 9 cities including Bengbu, Xuancheng, Tongling, Chizhou, Huangshan, Anqing, Wuhu, and Ma'anshan have been affected to varying degrees, The affected population was 2.157 million, emergency resettlement was 385,000, and direct economic loss was 9.02 billion yuan.

  Reporter Zhang Jun Anhui Anqing reports

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]