China News Service, July 2 (Xinhua) According to the official Weibo news of the Mianning County Government Information Office in Sichuan Province, the "6·26" heavy rainstorm has caused 16 deaths and 6 people lost contact.
On July 2, Mianning County continued to organize its efforts to carry out emergency rescue work for the "6·26" heavy rain disaster, transitional resettlement of affected people, and emergency repair of infrastructure.
As of 17:00 on July 2, during the search and rescue process, it was discovered that two missing persons in Yihai Town had been killed. At present, 14 people have been killed and 3 people have lost contact in Yihai Town. The collapse of National Highway 248 below the intersection of Mianning Expressway within the jurisdiction of Gaoyang Street led to two passing vehicles falling into the river. Five of the 10 passengers were rescued, two killed and three lost contact. This torrential rain has caused 16 deaths and 6 lost contact.
Today, a total of more than 450 people, including police officers, firefighters, firefighters, militiamen, medical rescuers, and township and village cadres in Yihai Town, organized a total of 59 fire trucks, loaders, excavators, emergency vehicles, etc. to carry out emergency rescue Disaster relief and other related work, dredging 0.18 kilometers of rivers. The power supply to Taimao Village No. 4 and No. 5 has been restored. Continue to install 83 lighting in disaster relief tents at centralized resettlement sites, and install centralized charging plug-in boards and boiling water dedicated lines.
A total of more than 140 people including militia, street village (community) cadres, and enterprise employees were organized in Gaoyang Sub-district, and 37 high-pressure dredging vehicles, loaders, excavators, and emergency vehicles were deployed to continue the work of emergency rescue and disaster relief.