【Explanation】Beizhou Bay is located in the north of Jiayu County in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River flows through it, forming a 41.5-kilometer arc, which blocks the flow of the river and slows its flow rate, becoming a natural barrier for Wuhan's Yangtze River flood control.

　　[Explanation] The flood control situation in the Pozhou Bay is severe due to the recent continuous heavy rainfall. As of 18:00 on July 17, the water level of the Changzhou Railway Station reached 29.95 meters, exceeding the warning level of 1.45 meters. To protect the embankment, more than 4,000 local villagers spontaneously stationed on the embankment, of which more than 600 migrant workers returned to their hometowns when they heard the news and began flood control work.

　　[Commentary] 44-year-old Liu Sihai is a native of the village of Zhongpu Village, Buzhou Bay. 20 years ago, he went to Wuhan to engage in car rental business. On July 8th, he was informed in the news that his hometown continued to rain and the labor force for flood control was tight. Without a word, he returned to his hometown for flood control as soon as possible.

　　[Same period] Returning villager Liu Sihai: Business is there, it can be done again. I have said all these things. You can’t do it if you don’t do it, you have to do it. It seems to be a long-term saying, everyone Responsible.

　　[Commentary] Liu Sihai said that the villagers here have an unforgettable memory of the flood. Every year during the flood season, the embankment becomes a conscious behavior of the villagers, and the wanderers of foreign workers will return to their hometowns one after another. Mineral water, instant noodles and other materials.

　　[Same period] Returning villager Liu Sihai: Look, we have said here, that the car is all in our village, donated something, each one ranges from one to two hundred, more than thousands, what mineral water to buy instant noodles , Watermelon, these things, we have been eating and drinking from Shangdi until now, all of us are outside, regardless of the size of the business, all these people donated money.

　　[Explanation] Cai Minghua, a returnee who has undergone two operations for colon cancer, said that although he is 60 years old and his physical condition is not very good, even if he only helps to patrol the embankment, he will feel at ease.

　　[Same period] Returning villager Cai Minghua: In the past 20 years, I worked outside, working hard and mixing well, but I looked at the situation in my hometown, which is also more serious. The waterlogging coupled with this year’s epidemic, to the people of Guizhou Bay The impact is also relatively large, I will go back and say as much as possible, set an example with them, take the lead for them on the embankment, can do what I can, I will try my best.

　　[Explanation] The embankment section of Zhongbao Village in Beizhou Bay is a historical dangerous section. Nowadays, the section has been blocked by the embankment and the embankment has been completely hardened, and the embankment has been grouted and treated with anti-seepage walls.

　　[Same period] Returning villager Liu Sihai: Now it’s much easier, I said the first one is this embankment. After this embankment is strengthened, we really have much higher confidence. The original embankment is very small, sometimes like this We are very worried about water, but after doing this, we are completely relieved.

　　[Commentary] At present, the flood control work of Pozhou Bay is still in progress. There are 100 levees on every kilometer on the embankment, and the slops, dikes and nearby fields are checked every day without interruption to see if there are dangers such as leaching and leakage.

　　Zou Hao Ai Hongyi Wuhan, Hubei reported

Editor in charge: [Tang Weijie]