China News Service, Zhengzhou, July 21st. Title: Directly hitting the flood situation in Zhengzhou: The rain has been suspended and the city is slowly recovering
Author Li Guigang Li Mingming
On July 21, the day was just getting light, Zhengzhou experienced a thrilling round of heavy rains and the rain temporarily slowed down.
A cleaning aunt in a community in the Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou is busy cleaning up the silt.
On July 20, an extremely rare and heavy rainstorm hit Zhengzhou, causing serious waterlogging, turning the entire city into a "Shuize Country" and stopping people's lives.
That night, the ground of the community maintained by Aunt Cleaning was once flooded. Recalling the scene when the flood rushed into the underground garage, she still had lingering fears, "The heavy rain last night was simply too scary."
In the early morning of the 21st, after the flood subsided, many property personnel in the community began to "borrow sand."
The sand they borrowed is the fine sand in the sandpit of the children's playground in the community.
"Flood prevention sandbags are not enough, we can only borrow them, and quickly use sandbags to widen and heighten the entrance of the underground garage when the rain is small," said a property official.
At 8 o'clock, the rain was dense.
The reporter walked through many roads in Zhengzhou and found that some of the main road floods had subsided and the road surface was exposed, pedestrians and vehicles gradually increased, and the entire city was slowly recovering.
Zhengzhou after the rain is in order.
Some rescue vehicles are dredging the drainage; some policemen are dealing with the on-site police situation; some sanitation workers are clearing roadblocks; some road officials are dealing with flooded and fallen trees; some flooded businesses are clearing water and silt ...
"Water poured into the house from outside, and the sewer inside the house poured out." Mr. Kong, the owner of a foreign trade merchant on the Second Ring Road, Zhengzhou City, said while cleaning up the stagnant water with his family, the loss was more than 2 million yuan.
A children's clothing store in the same street claims that Mr. is looking down and busy tidying up the shelves.
He said that the flooded clothing will be cleaned and dealt with at a discount and low price in an effort to reduce losses.
A major danger occurred at Shakou Road Station and Beach Temple Station of Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 on the evening of the 20th, causing many casualties.
After wading hundreds of meters on the road with no water on the knees on the 21st, the reporter rushed to Shakou Road Station and found that the culvert leading to the beach temple station was still heavily watered, and there were no bridges or holes and piers. A freight bus Anchor in front of the cave.
The three exits of Shakou Road Station were closed. Residents in twos and threes nearby gathered around the exit to discuss the rain disaster and the heartbreaking news last night.
"Last night we saw a lot of rescue vehicles." An old man recalled, "No one would have expected natural disasters. The subway will slowly recover. I believe life will also slowly recover."
At noon, the rain stopped and the sun came out.
People walked out of their homes one after another, and the streets became lively. Some people bought necessities, some went out to find a car, some called to report safety, and there were more street takeaways.
At lunch, in Zhengzhou East Railway Station, stranded passengers were queuing in an orderly manner to receive free meals, which included boxed meals, hot dried noodles, bread, and drinking water.
A passenger who was only going to transfer from Zhengzhou to Xi’an told reporters, “I arrived in Zhengzhou yesterday afternoon, but I did not expect to stay here. I have never seen such a heavy rain. I hope that the rain will stop early and the traffic will resume early. ."
According to the station staff, all facilities and equipment of the station are currently being restored.
Reporters visited the streets and found that buses had resumed operation.
In the afternoon, the cicadas cried in the forest.
Some people say that the cicadas cried suddenly, indicating that the weather is about to clear up.
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