China News Agency, Poyang, Jiangxi, July 12 Telegram: Poyang Lake Embankment Guardian News: 24-hour uninterrupted patrol
Author Liu Zhankun Wu Pengquan Jiang Tao Liu Lixin
"The first time I saw such a big water, it was scary to watch." Despite living on the shore of Poyang Lake, 26-year-old Li Bin was "stunned" by the water level of Poyang Lake. Fearing that the lake would overrun the embankment, he came to Zhuhu Lianxu to check it out on the night of the 12th.
Since July, Jiangxi, a province in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has been hit by continuous heavy rainfall, and the water level of the river has risen rapidly. Photo by Han Junxuan
Since July, Jiangxi, a province in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has been hit by continuous heavy rainfall. The water level of the river has risen rapidly. Many rivers and Poyang Lake in the territory have repeatedly had numbered floods and over-warning floods. The water levels at multiple sites have even exceeded guarantees, exceeded 1998, exceeded history.
At 0:00 on the 12th, the water level of the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, reached 22.53 meters, exceeding the "1998 flood level of 22.52 meters" by 0.01 meters, which indicates that the water level of Poyang Lake has exceeded the historical extreme value since the hydrological record.
Zhuhu Lianwei is located on the east bank of Poyang Lake. The embankment line is 18.87 kilometers long, protecting more than 100,000 people and protecting an area of nearly 150 square kilometers. Among them, 80,000 acres of arable land, and the design of the dike flood control ability to prevent a flood in 20 years standard.
That night, a reporter from China News Agency drove on the Zhuhu Lianwei, seeing a little light, an emergency rescue point was set every 600 meters, and each emergency rescue point was piled with sand and gravel; Lianwei outer bank With the trees on the side, only the canopy "risks" out of the water.
"It has been raining heavily in recent days, and the water level has risen a lot at once." Liu Wenguang, a resident of Shishili Street Town, Poyang County, Jiangxi, was transferred to the Zhuhu Lianwei to patrol the embankment. He pointed to the small colored flag on the grass inside Lianxu and told reporters, "The place where the flag was inserted was blocked after the danger was discovered."
Xu Jingtang, who had been in Huajia, was also a berm. "We are divided into day shifts and night shifts, 24 hours of uninterrupted patrols, and report the dangers as soon as possible." He gestured. They were in groups of four, patrolling the embankment once an hour, "Two people headed towards the embankment , The two walked over there, patrolling back and forth."
"This morning we also found a hollow seepage water. Soon after the report, emergency personnel pulled the sand and filled it up. Later, the army officers and soldiers also came to help us put the stones and mud into the bag." Xu Jingtang raised the danger. Feeling terrified, his dark face was full of worries, "If there is no pipe filling in time, there will be a pipe rush, and the dam will be in danger."
There are also concerns about villagers living near Zhuhu Lianwei. "The water level has risen in the past few days, some houses in the village have been flooded, and the 2 acres of my family have also been flooded." 47-year-old Cao Linhua, a villager in Tangli Village, Baishazhou Township, Poyang County, will come to Lianwei in recent days Take a look, "I received a notice last night that it might be dangerous. I moved my family's things to the third floor overnight and moved for two or three hours. I didn't sleep at night and I couldn't sleep because I was worried."
Statistics show that as of 15:30 on July 12, the flood disaster has caused 5.505 million people in Jiangxi to be affected, emergency resettlement of 475,000 people, 183,000 people in need of emergency life assistance, and direct economic losses of 8.13 billion yuan.
The night was getting darker. When the reporter left, a rescue truck loaded with flood control sand and gravel was driving on Zhuhu Lianwei, and the light beams from the headlights of the vehicle illuminated the road of the embankment patrol. (Finish)