Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, August 18 (Yan Jiao) "We were a little worried when we were trapped, but at 8 o'clock this morning, the helicopter took us to a safe zone. We have food and lodging, and our hearts are at ease. Let the children at home Don't worry, everything is fine for me." said Yin Zubao, a 71-year-old villager in Shaqu Village, Shijiba Town, Wen County, Longnan City, Gansu.
On the 18th, Wenxian officials issued a meteorological orange warning for geological disasters, and notified that some of the residents of Shijiba town trapped in the inundation area of the barrier lake had been rescued to safety by helicopter. The officials provided food, medical treatment, and Clothes, accommodation, etc.
The picture shows an aerial photograph of the flood disaster in Wen County. Photo courtesy of Wenxian Rong Media Center
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the 17th, continuous heavy rainfall caused a sudden mudslide in Shuimogou Village, Wen County. The dam body formed by rushing into the Baishui River caused a rapid rise in the water level of the Baishui River. Many villagers were trapped.
The Emergency Management Department of Gansu Province released a message showing that after the disaster, five rescue forces, including the fire protection, armed police, and highway bureau, have arrived at the disaster site and used helicopters, excavators, loaders, dump trucks, etc. to carry out the transfer and resettlement of trapped people. , Emergency repair of roads in the disaster area. 200 rescuers from the Longnan Detachment of the Gansu Forest Fire Fighting Corps simultaneously carried out rescue and disaster relief work in Wudu District, Longnan City. In addition, 7 rescue forces were pre-mobilized to assemble and stand by, ready to perform rescue tasks at any time.
On that day, the rain in Wenxian County was temporarily suspended. The Shijiba Town government organized cadres at the township and village levels to use ropes and other tools to transfer trapped residents.
Since August, heavy rainfall has continued to occur in Longnan City, causing natural disasters such as torrential floods, landslides, and mudslides, causing damage to some people’s houses, flooding indoors, and flooding in major rivers within the territory.
Especially in Wenxian County, the southernmost part of Longnan, many serious disasters occurred: A mud-rock flow in the county seat of Hanjiaba poured down the hillside, rushing vehicles parked on the slope onto the road. In Bikou Town, 85 kilometers away from the county seat, the rising water level of the Bailong River caused waterlogging in some low-lying areas in the town, resulting in interruption of communications and power.
In Bikou Town, on the one hand, people make their own simple rafts to travel and deliver daily necessities. On the other hand, the local government actively organized the resettlement and transfer of people to ensure their personal safety, and guided them to orderly eat and rest, clean up street silt and sewage, or go to the supermarket to buy goods, and people's lives gradually returned to normal.
Currently, rescue is still underway. (Finish)