China News Service, Shaoguan, June 22, Question: Directly hit the disaster area in Shaoguan, Guangdong: the flood flooded to a one-story high house outside like a vast ocean
Chinanews.com reporter Wang Jianweidev
Since the 17th, Shaoguan City has experienced heavy rainfall for several days.
On the 21st, a serious flood disaster occurred in the city. The turbid flood was very fast and submerged many sections of the city along the river.
"The floodwaters reached a floor high. The first floor of the house is full of water, and the outside of the house is like a vast ocean. Except for the buildings that are exposed to the water, the farmland is flooded." Qunxing Village, Zhangshi Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province One of the areas seriously affected by the continuous heavy rainfall, Mr. Pan, a local villager, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 21st.
The Shaoguan City Three Defense Headquarters launched a flood control level I emergency response from 7:00 on the 21st to 11:00 on the 22nd, requiring the transfer of all affected persons on both sides of the Wujiang, Zhenjiang and Beijiang.
At 19:15 on the 21st, the reporter came to the outskirts of Qunxing Village, Zhangshi Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City. Looking around, the whole village was a swamp, the rescue boats shuttled back and forth on the water, and the work of transferring villagers was tense and orderly. carry out.
According to the monitoring of Shaoguan Meteorological Bureau, the peak water level of 56.11 meters appeared at 21:00 on the 21st, and the flow reached 9,300 cubic meters per second.
From 20:00 on the 20th to 17:00 on the 21st, there were heavy rains in the city. Among them, there were heavy rains to heavy rains and local heavy rains in Zhenjiang and Qujiang; the average surface rainfall in the city was 88.6 mm, and there were 19 stations above 200 mm.
Photo by Chen Jimin at the rescue scene
At around 19:30 that night, some local villagers reported that their whole family was still trapped in the village.
Upon receiving the news, the on-site staff immediately organized an assault boat to go to the village for rescue.
When night fell, the rescuers could only proceed according to the general direction given by the villagers. After tossing and turning, they finally arrived at the rescue location after about 40 minutes.
"Come here, pick it up, help, here, here, let her sit in the front, be careful." The rescuers on the scene found the trapped people in time and carried out rescue work.
Liu Xiaoping, squad leader of the third row and seventh squad of the militia emergency company in Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, said that rescue at night is indeed difficult, mainly because the direction is not visible. Because the location of the trapped people is relatively remote, it is more difficult to determine their specific location.
"We went around here for a while. Finally, after crossing a sugar cane forest, we saw our teammates passing by in a boat. We followed, and finally sent the trapped people to their destination safely." Liu Xiaoping told reporters, After receiving the disaster relief order on June 19, they immediately organized competent cadres to join in the work of transferring villagers. Due to the severe and complicated disaster situation in the village, rescue work as difficult as that night was being carried out all the time.
Liu Xiaoping introduced that, in addition to the remote location, the terrain there is complicated, the water is deep and shallow, and the rescue boat is more likely to run aground, but we still overcome all difficulties and finally pick up the trapped people.
Sun Zhiqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhangshi Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, introduced that the town assembled a rescue team of nearly 400 people from various departments to carry out this rescue work. At present, most of the villagers have been transferred to the corresponding resettlement sites, and some According to the principle of proximity, the villagers were transferred to buildings with relatively high terrain to avoid danger.
"The main difficulty is that the water and rain are too heavy, which brings great risks to our rescue." Sun Zhiqiang said that their rescue force encountered many dangers during the rescue process, and even capsized. , the ship was washed into the low-lying terrain and could not get out of the situation, but everyone finally overcame the difficulties.
According to the Shaoguan Three Prevention Office, at present, the water level in the urban area and the lower reaches of the Beijiang River continues to slowly fall, and it will drop to about the warning water level (53 meters) on the afternoon of the 22nd.
However, there are still more than 10 water accumulation points in the urban area of Shaoguan, and the rivers, lakes and reservoirs will also maintain high water levels, and geological disasters are lagging behind. All units in the city will continue to do a good job in flood control according to their respective responsibilities.
The reporter learned that as of 11:20 on the 22nd, there were 9 main water accumulation points in Zhenjiang District; as of 11:00 that day, there were 3 water accumulation points in Wujiang District.
Shaoguan Meteorological Bureau predicts that there will be showers in the city on the 22nd, and the heavy rainfall process is expected to end.
The bureau reminded that the continuous heavy rainfall in the early stage led to the saturation of soil water content in all parts of the city. It is necessary to continue to do a good job in the defense of mountain torrents, landslides, collapses, and debris flows, and pay attention to the lagging risk of geological disasters.
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