The heavy rainfall in the past few days has caused floods in many places in Anhui Province.
Firefighters in Anqing, Tongling, Huangshan, Xuancheng and other places rushed out to rescue the trapped people.
From 0:00 to 24:00 on July 2, the fire and rescue teams of Anhui province received 44 flood-fighting and rescue incidents, dispatched 51 vehicles and 10 boats, 291 people, and rescued 134 evacuees.
It is understood that the Department of Water Resources of Anhui Province has launched a Level IV emergency response to flood and drought disaster prevention at 16:00 on July 2.
The weather forecast issued by the Anhui Meteorological Observatory at 16:00 on July 3 showed that on the night of the 3rd, there was heavy rain in southern Jianghuai and parts of the southern part of the Yangtze River.
It is expected that from the night of the 4th to the day of the 5th, there will be showers or thunderstorms in Anhui Province on cloudy days, of which there will be moderate rain along the river north of the river, heavy rain to heavy rain in some areas, and heavy rain in some areas.
Anhui Fire Department reminded that in heavy rain, try to avoid going out, stay away from windows, avoid rain under trees, and avoid vehicles driving on roads with water.
In low-lying residential areas, "small encirclement" measures can be adopted in accordance with local conditions, such as laying brick walls and placing water retaining panels at the gates.
(Reporter Zhang Qiang made Zhou Jing's video source from Anhui Fire Brigade)
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