[Explanation] The Tongjiahu Embankment, which is less than two kilometers away from Wuhan Tianhe Airport, is a 62.9 square kilometer area that guards the Tongjia Lake Basin in Huangpi District, including Tianhe Airport, Airport Expressway, Hanxiao Intercity Railway, Wuhan Ring Expressway, etc. The flood barrier of the facility.
[Commentary] On July 2, Wuhan ushered in a new round of heavy rainfall since the flood. At 10 o'clock in the morning, under the heavy rain, Cai Jun, head of Tongjiahu section of the river channel embankment project management section of Huangpi District, Wuhan City, and colleagues put on rain boots, put on raincoats, picked up a spade, and began another round of embankment patrols.
[Commentary] The reporter saw at the top of the embankment that Cai Jun and his colleagues lined up in the heavy rain and conducted inspections on the top, slope and foot of the embankment.
[Same period] Cai Jun, head of Tongjiahu section of river channel embankment project management section of Huangpi District, Wuhan City
Basically, when the water level of the outer river rises, our patrol personnel are basically lined up in the inner river and back to the surface of the ground. Hold the tool and look up along the embankment. That's not the case. The tube is from the inside. There is a water flip and a small water splash. If such a problem occurs, we will report to the headquarters in time, and let the technicians of the headquarters handle it after the report.
[Commentary] Tongjiahu Section of the Huangpi District River Embankment Project Management Section, where Cai Jun is located, is mainly responsible for the 4.7 km patrol duty of the Tongjiahu Embankment within the jurisdiction of the Huangpi District. Since the Huangpi District launched the flood control level Ⅳ response on June 28, nearly one hundred levee inspection personnel have inspected the entire levee every 1-2 hours, 24 hours a day.
[Same period] Qiu Xianming, Deputy Investigator, Water and Lake Bureau, Huangpi District, Wuhan
We managed (the embankment area) is 4.7 kilometers. It takes about 3 hours to conduct an inspection. Each employee basically runs 3 times a day. One is very hard. It is close to 30 kilometers and the working hours are not less than 10 per day. Hours, working hours are more than 10 hours per day, sometimes even more than ten hours.
[Same period] Cai Jun, head of Tongjiahu section of river channel embankment project management section of Huangpi District, Wuhan City
Every day is at least 15,000 steps, more than 20,000 steps.
[Commentary] "It's sweating on a sunny day and mud on a rainy day" is the normal work of the patrol workers. The slope of the embankment is large, and the concrete mixed gravel and moss are particularly slippery under the rain. It is also common to meet snakes, worms and ants lurking in the grass during night inspections.
[Same period] Cai Jun, head of Tongjiahu section of river channel embankment project management section of Huangpi District, Wuhan City
The ground is wet and slippery. Rain and slopping are basically not easy to identify. It is to ask our staff to search carefully and query carefully. At night, there are also many snakes and insects. We must wear rain boots and hold a flashlight. , Looking carefully.
【Explanation】Due to the strong rainfall in the upper reaches, the water level of Tongjia Lake Embankment was set at 4:20 a.m. on June 29, and the warning water level reached 26 meters at 8 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. on June 30. It reaches 27.99 meters, and the super-alarm water level is 1.99 meters, which is the highest water level since the flood season this year. As of 4 a.m. on July 2, the water level of Tongjia Lake fell below the warning level.
Reporter Zou Hao from Wuhan, Hubei
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]