China News Service, Yongzhou, April 9 (Feng Xiao, Deng Qinyou) Affected by continuous rainfall, the flow rate at the Xiangjiang Laobu Hydrological Station rose to 7,500 cubic meters per second at 2:30 on April 8, reaching the flood number standard.
Farmland was flooded. Photo by Feng Xiao
Due to large-scale heavy rainfall in the upper reaches and the opening of reservoirs to release floods, the water level in the Qiyang section of the Xiangjiang River in Hunan has skyrocketed. In the past few days, Qiyang City, Hunan Province organized relevant departments to relocate 223 people in low-lying areas in advance and vacated storage capacity in advance to safely survive the flood.
At the farmer's market in Baishui Town, Qiyang, floodwaters poured into the market through sewers. Local community party members and cadres organized merchants in the market to move valuables to higher places, while merchants in low-lying areas packed the items into trucks in an orderly manner.
"People from the Xiangjiang Market and Dongchuan Banbian Street, the lowest-lying places in our town, have been relocated. So far, 223 people, totaling 76 households, have been relocated. Basically all the people have been relocated," said Wang Changqing, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Baishui Town, Qiyang City.
In Dongchuan Village, Baishui Town, the floods overflowed through the streets along the river. Water entered some residents' homes in lower areas. 20 acres of strawberry greenhouses and rapeseed in low-lying areas were flooded. Warning cordons were drawn on the roads entering the village. As of 11 a.m. on the 7th, a total of 760 acres of farmland and 37 greenhouses in Baishui Town had been flooded.
"Town and village cadres help people transfer property and transfer people. We must immediately organize to restore market order and rescue seedlings, resume agricultural production as soon as possible, and minimize people's losses." Tang Xinbo, secretary of the Party Committee of Baishui Town, Qiyang City, said.
In order to reduce the impact of this flood peak on the production and life of people along the coast, according to the unified arrangements of the Hunan Provincial Department of Water Resources and the local Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, the two hydropower stations in Wuxi and Xiangqi in Qiyang, Xiangjiang River, began to be vacated in advance at 15:00 on April 6 Flood discharges free up storage capacity to cope with flood peaks. At present, 9 gates of Wuxi Hydropower Station have been opened.
"We have strengthened personnel on duty, and the number of people on duty has changed from two to three. We have strengthened inspections of flood discharge equipment, inspected upstream and downstream lakes, and eliminated hidden dangers in a timely manner, and issued early warning information in a timely manner to ensure the safety of people's property." Xiangjiang River said Wu Kai, duty officer of Wuxi Hydropower Station.
According to analysis by the meteorological department, from the 7th to the 8th, there will be light to moderate rain in Qiyang, and there will still be heavy rain in some areas. (over)