[Explanation] Sanhe Town, located in Feixi County, Anhui Province, is an ancient town with a thousand-year history. The tributaries of Chaoyang Lake, the Yangtze River, are surrounded by Fengle River and Hangbu River. Xiaonan River flows through it, and three rivers are in its territory. After confluence, it flows eastward into Chaohu. In the past few days, under the influence of heavy precipitation, the water level of Sanhe Town has continuously set a new record this year. On the morning of July 19, the Fengle River reached 14.8 meters, exceeding the highest water level in 1991 and 2016. In order to ensure the safety of residents' lives and property, Sanhe Town decided to evacuate all residents of Sanhe Town District from 2 am on July 19, according to the requirements of the Feixi County Anti-Finger Index. Nearly 10,000 people from all walks of life, including cadres, volunteers, and armed police from all regions, took turns on duty to fight floods on the dams.
[Same period] Zhang Yuxia, member of the Party Committee of Baiyan Community, Taohua Town, Feixi County, Hefei City
People in our community are also more active, that is, from party members to ordinary people, they have a high degree of participation. As of now, there are still many people who want to sign up. We may organize several batches one after another tomorrow.
[Commentary] It is understood that the Sanhe Town Flood Control Emergency Headquarters immediately issued a notice requesting villages (communities) to immediately organize the orderly evacuation of residents. From 2am on July 19, Sanhe Town sounded an alarm to organize residents During the evacuation, the broadcasts in the towns and towns kept informing, and the staff went to the village to inform the residents, asking the residents to evacuate and invest in relatives and friends first. Residents without travel tools were organized by the town government to evacuate by car.
[Same period] Mr. Wei, a resident of Sanhe Town, Feixi County, Hefei City
(Government staff) Drumming and shouting, we still have things in our house, our things are moving, but now it means that the rain is still falling, the family is not at ease like this, the government is going to arrange for us to go to the school, arrange to go to the school , We will be sent to Shanghai, whatever the government arranges, we will stay wherever he arranges.
[Same period] Ms. Shi, a resident of Sanhe Town, Feixi County, Hefei City
The road is as flat as the water wall. If you rain again, the water will definitely rise when it flows again. Once the water rises, it will overflow. (Dyke) Don’t break, the flood will overflow.
[Commentary] At present, the Hefei Detachment of the Armed Police, National University of Defense Technology and several social rescue forces are strengthening the dam for the Taohua Island section of the Fengle River Embankment overnight. Xu Huachang, the secretary of the party branch of the West Street Community in Sanhe Town, has been directing on the front line and the embankment. He has not returned home for two days and two nights. Because he has been in the rain, his voice is hoarse and it is difficult to make a sound.
[Same period] Xu Huachang, Secretary of Party General Branch of Xijie Community, Sanhe Town, Feixi County, Hefei City
Now the people of the whole town, all the old, weak and sick have been transferred, and those who have not transferred are basically on the front line and on this embankment.
【Explanation】According to statistics, nearly 29,000 people need to be evacuated in towns and towns. In order to cooperate with the evacuation, more than 90 buses have been organized to cyclically carry the evacuated people. The first full-load evacuated bus drove away from Sanhe from 3:30 on the 19th. Starting from 18:00, Sanhe Town has a total of 71 departures, and a total of 2966 people have been evacuated. Sanhe Town has evacuated a total of more than 25,000 people, accounting for more than 80% of the number of people who should be evacuated.
Zhang Jun, Liu Honghe, Anhui Hefei report
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