[Explanation] From August 11 to 12, extreme heavy rainfall occurred in Liulin Town, Suixian County, Hubei Province, with a total of 503 mm of rainfall in 12 hours.

According to reports from the Sui County People’s Government, Liulin Township in the county was severely affected. More than 8,000 people have been affected, 21 people died and 4 people lost contact.

  [Explanation] A reporter from China News Agency saw on Liulin Avenue in the town on the morning of August 13 that the flood on the main road had receded and traffic had basically recovered.

Fallen trees and telephone poles can be seen everywhere on the street, and silt piles up on both sides of the street.

All kinds of rescue vehicles and equipment were dredging and clearing the streets back and forth. The people waded through the ankles of the silt to carry materials, and at the same time tried to divert water to wash the furniture, and use a shovel to remove the indoor silt.

  [Concurrent period] Gui Xingjiang, a resident of Liulin Town, Suixian County, Hubei

  I cleaned up the things here and saw that they were all washed out. There are some furniture. There seems to be a little bit behind. I don’t know. I’m not at home. Some things are washed away and everything is gone. There are steps above. There seems to be nothing left on it.

  [Explanation] The flood also caused serious damage to the power facilities in Liulin Town, and all the six 10kV lines in the town were destroyed.

  [Concurrent] Yang Jun, General Manager of Suixian Power Supply Company, State Grid

  At present, we have dispatched 4 construction teams, as well as a security team for situation inspection, plus some logistics and management personnel. At present, we have about 182 people.

Yesterday we dried the three damaged poles that endangered the lives of the people, and then built the supplementary poles at 6 o’clock this morning overnight. The current level 9 poles on the street All have been completed.

  [Explanation] According to the Sui County People's Government, as of 8 o'clock on the 12th, 78 people were rescued and more than 450 people were resettled.

The Liulin Town Central School is a local resettlement site for the victims. The school’s teaching buildings and dormitories are used for the resettlement of the victims. The local civil affairs department provides beds, food and drinking water for the victims.

  [Concurrent] Su Mingdong, Head of Audio-visual Station of Suixian County, Hubei

  We are mainly responsible for the accommodation of male gay men. There are currently 15 dormitories, each of which houses 6 people, for a total of 90 people.

We are mainly responsible for the maintenance of the order of the venue, sanitation and housekeeping.

  [After the end] According to Huang Haisong, head of the disinfection section of the Suixian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Health Emergency), the local disease control personnel have carried out a comprehensive systemic disinfection of public areas such as the canteen and classrooms of the resettlement site on the 12th, and regularly treated the resettled people Conduct temperature measurement to ensure the smooth progress of epidemic prevention and control and post-disaster reconstruction.

  [Concurrent] Huang Haisong, Chief of the Sanitation Department, Suixian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Health Emergency), Hubei

  Today's main task is to wait for the dredging (after the end), and then we will perform the second disinfection, as well as temperature measurement of the resettlement sites, personnel control, and disinfection of public areas.

  [Explanation] At present, more than 10 doctors and commonly used medicines have been installed in the mass settlement points in the local area to protect the lives and health of the masses. At the same time, more than 20 mobile public toilets have been installed in appropriate locations in the towns to facilitate the masses.

The communication is basically normal, the power supply is expected to be restored within 48 hours, and the water supply strives to be restored within 72 hours.

  Dong Xiaobin, Guo Xiaoying, Zhou Xingliang reports from Suixian, Hubei

Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]