China News Service, Beijing, July 21st (Reporter Chen Su Li Chun) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management of China and the Chinese Red Cross Society on the 21st that the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management of China urgently allocated central natural disaster relief to Henan Province. The fund was 60 million yuan (RMB, the same below); the Red Cross Society of China quickly launched an emergency response, according to the disaster situation, urgently allocated tents, disaster relief family bags, jackets, towels and other relief materials to Henan Province, and sent a disaster relief team to Zhengzhou Learn more about the flood and disaster situation and guide the Henan Red Cross Society to carry out rescue work.
On the morning of the 21st, the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Emergency Management Department held a video conference on flood control in key areas to further discuss and judge rain and flood disasters, and redeploy and implement flood control and relief work in Henan and Yellow River basins.
It is required to take flood prevention and disaster relief as the current top priority, and make every effort to fight floods, prevent waterlogging, and prevent typhoons, to ensure the safety of the Yellow River and other river basins during the floods, and to effectively safeguard people's lives.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to improve the rain and flood rolling consultation and urban safety operation guarantee mechanism, strengthen the short-term early warning of extreme disasters such as ultra-historical heavy rainfall, and strictly implement the risk elimination and drainage measures for key places such as rail transit, underground space, old communities, and transportation hubs. , Strengthen the safety protection of high-risk enterprises such as mines, hazardous chemicals, tailings ponds, and important infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels, and railways.
Resolutely take measures such as subway suspension, scenic closure, suspension of work and school, and timely transfer of threatened areas downstream of the reservoir, hidden dangers of geological disasters, low-lying flood-prone areas, the elderly, children, the disabled and other vulnerable groups and migrants, etc., implement them one by one. Do not miss a household, do not leave a person.
The meeting requested that the safety precautions of key projects such as the Yellow River embankment should be emphasized, and the assurance of the Yellow River’s safety should be the top priority. In view of the substantial increase in water in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River such as Henan, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia, and the increase in extreme heavy rainfall, it should be section by section Make a list, strictly implement dike safety responsibilities, patrol the dikes 24 hours a day, repair damaged dikes in time, dispatch water works to block floods and cut peaks, and make preparations for emergency response such as flood storage and detention area use and emergency rescue plans, strength, materials, etc. , To ensure foolproof.
The meeting requested that experts and various rescue forces should be quickly mobilized to provide full support to support local reservoir dike investigations, secondary disaster prevention, wounded treatment, and epidemic prevention and control. The National Defense Directorate immediately sent two additional expert teams to Henan and Hebei. Guidance and help work.
Disaster relief and resettlement should be done properly, the central government's relief funds and materials should be allocated in time, the resettlement work of the transferred people should be done carefully, and the materials should be distributed to the people in a timely manner.
Do a good job in sanitation and epidemic prevention, strictly implement the prevention and control measures of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, ensure "zero epidemic" in the disaster area, guide the locality to restore the order of production and life as soon as possible, and prevent poverty caused by disasters and return to poverty due to disasters.
On the 21st, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management urgently allocated 60 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds to Henan Province to support local flood relief work; the Ministry of Finance issued 40 million yuan in agricultural production and water conservancy relief funds to support post-disaster agriculture in the disaster-stricken areas Rehabilitation of production and restoration of water-damaged water conservancy engineering facilities.
As of 14:00 on the 21st, the fire rescue team had dispatched 23,700 officers and fighters and 3,121 boats to rescue 6,459 people trapped in distress and evacuated 15,300 people.
According to Chinese official media reports, the Red Cross Foundation of China urgently launched the "Angel Journey-Action to Relieve Floods in Henan" to provide early support to 5,000 relief family boxes in Henan Province. Each relief family box can protect a household of three to five people for a week. The basic needs of emergency life.
The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Red Cross Foundation stated that it will continue to support the front-line emergency rescue team to carry out the work of the flood fighting, organize the Red Cross epidemic prevention and elimination volunteer service team, assist the local health and epidemic prevention work, and support post-disaster reconstruction.
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