A flash flood rushed down the 6-kilometer long and narrow river gully, and eventually took away 7 fresh lives.

　　On August 13, the Pengzhou Emergency Management Bureau and the Pengzhou Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department reported that at 14:37 that day, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou City received a weather forecast, and a convective cloud cluster was formed in the jurisdiction, which will be accompanied by short-term heavy rainfall.

After receiving the report, the Longmenshan Township Government immediately organized town and village (community) cadres, patrol members and volunteers to persuade tourists to leave the water along the river in its jurisdiction.

At 15:30, a flash flood broke out in Longcao Valley in Xiaoyudong Community, and tourists who were not evacuated from the river were involved in the flash flood.

As of 24:00 on the 13th, the flash flood disaster has caused 7 deaths.

　　A number of nearby villagers confirmed to the Beijing News reporter that Longcao Valley is an undeveloped scenic spot with frequent floods, and local villagers generally do not go to play.

But in the past two years, Longcaogou has frequently appeared on social media, and it has become a place for Internet celebrities to check in.

　　The traffic chose Longcaogou, and the number of tourists who crossed the barbed wire climbed more than tenfold.

For this "scenic spot" that is not a scenic spot, the local government organized patrols, continuously lengthened the fence, and added warning signs, but still failed to persuade the influx of tourists.

When the flash flood hit, the loud shouts of patrols, villagers and volunteers to the tourists only became a submerged sigh in the fiery Internet celebrity punch-in place.

　　"Water rushes down in 2 seconds"

　　On August 13, when a flash flood broke out in Longcao Valley, Wang Wenwen (pseudonym) from Chengdu was playing in a clear water pool upstream of Longcao Valley.

She was also accompanied by more than 80 tourists in the tour group.

　　Wang Wenwen recalled that after the tour guide took them to Qingshui Lake, some people were swimming in the pool, some people were taking pictures in the surrounding area, and some people were freezing watermelons in the water. People who play."

　　At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the 13th, Wang Wenwen found that the big raindrops were falling, so he and his boyfriend started to pack up and go back.

Halfway through, the flood water crashed down. "The water rushed down in 2 seconds, submerging the road in front of you." The water that had only reached her ankles instantly rose to her knees, and the stones under her feet were uneven. She was barefoot, and some Waddled.

　　Wang Wenwen and her boyfriend moved behind a boulder, held their hands tightly, stabilized their feet, and shouted "help" to the tourists on the shore.

At that time, she saw that everyone was "blinded", and the tour guide shouted to them "Don't move", "At that time, we thought, if we don't move, the water will rise higher and higher, and there will be less and less hope." So, Wang Wenwen and her boyfriend And another tourist trapped by the flood climbed the boulder and was temporarily safe.

　　At this time, the mountain torrents carrying stones and sand rushed down the narrow river ditch to the middle section, and washed away Mr. Li's youngest daughter, eldest daughter and her boyfriend.

　　Mr. Li told the Beijing News reporter that his group of five came from Nanchong to Pengzhou to play in the water. Longcaogou was chosen because his youngest daughter made a short video self-media. "We want to take a picture of a waterfall." Mr. Li recalled that he heard After "a thunderstorm", he looked up and saw that the mountain torrent was going down. He wanted to swim over to save his daughter, but after swimming only 100 meters, he was washed to the side by the flood. In desperation, he grabbed a branch and was pulled by tourists on the shore. went up, but the three people in the middle of the river had been flooded.

　　According to a report from the Pengzhou Emergency Management Bureau, at 14:37 on August 13, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou City received a weather forecast, and there were convective cloud clusters formed in the jurisdiction, which will be accompanied by short-term heavy rainfall.

At 15:30 on the same day, a flash flood broke out in Longcao Valley in Xiaoyudong Community, and tourists who were not evacuated from the river were involved in the flash flood.

After the accident, Pengzhou Emergency Management Bureau, Public Security Bureau, Fire Brigade and other departments immediately went to the scene to carry out search and rescue work.

　　Wang Wenwen and other three were rescued from the boulder by fire rescue personnel. Mr. Li's youngest daughter was blocked by the rock, and the eldest daughter's boyfriend was also rescued.

That night, Mr. Li met his eldest daughter at the funeral home.

　　"Scenic Spots" for Traffic Selection

　　Xiaowen (pseudonym) grew up in a farmhouse 100 meters away from Longcao Valley.

For her, Longcao Valley is a forbidden area.

　　Longcao Valley is located in a tributary of the Jianjiang River. Xiaowen remembers that since she was a child, there have always been inspectors here who would discourage people from entering the water.

An article in the public account of the People's Government of Longmenshan Town "Shanshui Longmen" shows that Longcao Valley is a geological disaster site, prone to debris flows and mountain torrents.

In accordance with the requirements of flood control and disaster prevention in Pengzhou, all personnel are prohibited from entering the river.

　　In a "Statistical Table of Hidden Geological Disasters in Pengzhou in 2019" compiled by Pengzhou Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, "Longcaogou Debris Flow in Group 1 of Taizi Village, Xiaoyudong Town" is one of the 401 hidden dangers of geological disasters in Pengzhou. one.

A number of nearby villagers confirmed to the Beijing News reporter that Longcao Valley is not a formal scenic spot, and there are frequent floods, so local villagers generally do not go to play.

　　Xiaowen knows that starting from the river beach and walking upstream for more than 4 hours, she can reach the upper reaches of the river, where there is a waterfall, but she has never been there, and she has seen it on social media.

She recalled, "Since last summer, various social media have been pushing Longcaogou, with pictures, texts, and videos, and sometimes I can get several a day."

　　My mother also called to tell her that the 19 rooms of the homestay were almost full before entering the volt this year.

In the past two years, in addition to the repeat customers who come to live for a long time every year, there are also many "flash-stay" customers. "Young people from Chengdu, Chongqing or Luzhou and other places come to play by car on weekends."

　　Chen Bing (pseudonym) is a member of the self-driving tour. The reason why he chose Longcao Valley is because "the water is clearer and free."

Since 2016, every weekend in July and August, he will drive from Chengdu to Longcaogou to play in the water to escape the heat.

Chen Bing found that starting from the summer of 2021, there will often be traffic jams on the road to Longcaogou, and it usually takes three or four hours to arrive at the most one-hour drive.

In the past, there were only 50 or 60 people in the narrow river ditch, but now it is often crowded with thousands of people. "I have seen people who are camping, treading water, taking pictures, and taking videos."

　　Wang Wenwen told the Beijing News that she signed up for the "Pengzhou Xiaoyudong-Zhongba Forest-Longcaogou" one-day tour at the Ranger Travel Agency.

On August 15, the reporter called Mr. Zhang, the quality inspector of the Ranger Travel Agency. He told the reporter that this was a hiking route launched by the company in recent years.

Mr. Zhang said, "Before the travel agency formulates the route, it will refer to the popular places with high traffic on the online platform, and then the staff will go through it in person to check the strength, difficulty, safety and other issues, and make improvements through our professionalism, so that the unsafe The place becomes as safe as possible. If the outdoors is to go to the kind of scenic spot that has been developed, it is not called playing outdoors.”

　　Several tourists who participated in the tour group on the route on the 13th told the Beijing News reporter that the risk assessment level of this route was two stars.

"It is quite a leisure project, and children can also play." Wang Wenwen said.

　　Thousands of people have left scars on this ditch.

Chen Bing found that there were many small vendors selling ice powder and cold noodles at the entrance of Longcao Valley. There were water guns on the edge of the river, and there were people who were walking with burdens and selling beancurd in the river. There was a lot of garbage by the pool, and some even floating in the middle of the river.

　　"As long as rain is forecast, we will persuade tourists to return"

　　Longcao Valley is not a formal scenic spot, and management has become a difficult problem.

　　Relevant information shows that Longcao Valley is the boundary between Taizi Village in Xiaoyudong Town and Baoshan Village in Longmenshan Town.

According to the Pengzhou Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, before 2019, Longcao Valley was in charge of Taizi Village, Xiaoyudong Town.

In 2019, Pengzhou City revoked Xiaoyudong Town and placed its administrative area under the jurisdiction of Longmenshan Town, and Longcaogou was also handed over to Longmenshan Town.

　　Huang Yong (pseudonym) is a villager in Taizi Village, Xiaoyudong Community, and a member of the Longmenshan Town patrol team.

He told the Beijing News reporter that the patrol team has more than 30 people, and they are full-time patrols. They go to work at 8:00 in the morning and get off at 5:00 in the afternoon. They follow the arrangements of the Longmenshan Town People's Government to patrol the entire mountain area, including Longcaogou, Yinchanggou, Houba and many other places.

　　"It's a lot of work." Huang Yong said that the patrol team is responsible for reminding tourists, diverting traffic, cleaning up the environment, and preventing people from stealing sand and gravel. "The town government has hired a cleaning company to clean up the garbage in Longcaogou. A car park was also built this year.”

　　In Huang Yong's impression, after more people came to Longcaogou, the focus of their patrol was Longcaogou.

Patrols often come in groups of three or four to persuade tourists to return to Longcao Valley.

"Regardless of the first-level, second-level and third-level warnings, as long as there is rain in the forecast, we will persuade tourists to return."

　　According to the report of the Pengzhou Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, after receiving the warning of heavy rainfall, the Longmenshan Town Government immediately organized town and village (community) cadres, patrol members and volunteers to persuade tourists to leave the water along the river in the jurisdiction.

According to media reports, Taizi Village cadres organized nearly 20 people to persuade tourists to return.

　　An article summarizing the work of the government in "Shanshui Longmen" shows that in 2021, the Ecological Emergency Office will add about 10 kilometers of fences in key river sections such as Longcaogou, Houba River, and Xiaoyudong Bridge on the Jianjiang River. There are more than 130 warning signs of "River Play".

During the early warning period, more than 1,000 vehicles were persuaded to return, and more than 13,000 tourists were persuaded to return. There was no casualty incident in the whole town.

　　Chen Bing remembered that there were lush vegetation along the Longcaogou. "Some places are natural barriers, so there is no need for fences, but when there are too many people, there is a path. Around Longcaogou, there are at least six or seven small roads of this kind. strip."

　　After Wang Wenwen was rescued, when he walked downstream, he saw the fence and warning signs, "I then realized that this was a flood discharge ditch that was forbidden to enter." Huang Yong introduced that the fence was built one section at a time two or three years ago. , "This section stops tourists, they will find another place to go, and the government will increase the fence." At present, the fence has not yet surrounded the entire Longcao Valley.

　　Beijing News reporter Xu Qiaoli Cong Zhixiang Shi Hang Wu Mengzhen intern Su Lei