Data figure: Drainage trucks are pumping. China News Service reporter Zhang Changshe
China News Service, July 8, according to the official WeChat news of the Emergency Management Department, on July 7, the National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Emergency Management Department launched an emergency response to the national level IV disaster relief for severe floods in Hubei and Anhui provinces, and sent 2 additional The working group rushed to the disaster-stricken areas to check the situation on the spot and guide and assist the localities to do disaster relief work such as life relief for the affected people.
On July 8, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management allocated 615 million yuan of central disaster relief funds to 6 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing, and Guizhou, which was used to support flood prevention and flood relief in disaster-affected areas. 4.3 100 million yuan for the relief work of the disaster-stricken people, 185 million yuan, and jointly issued the "Interim Measures for the Management of Natural Disaster Relief Funds of the Central Government", which sets clear requirements for the local management and use of disaster relief funds.
The State Defence Office and the Emergency Management Department continue to arrange the deployment of flood prevention and relief work in key areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Super flood-limiting reservoirs, mountain flood geological hazard danger zones and other key areas patrol and defend, implement emergency rescue plans and disaster prevention measures, and organize rescue efforts to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
At 14:00 on the 7th, the water level across the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the middle of the Yangtze River was over-alarmed, with an alarm range of 0.01 to 0.66 meters. According to the forecast of the meteorological department, from the 7th to the 9th, there will still be heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, heavy rains in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places to heavy rains and local heavy rains. The water level in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will continue to rise. In accordance with the deployment of the National Defense President, the defense indicators at all levels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have put the people's lives in the first place and put them into practice.
At the same time, in July-August, the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River, the Haihe River, and the Songliao River Basin are heavily rained, and heavier floods may occur. , Heilongjiang, Shandong, Henan, and other 10 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), and the Fire Control and Rescue Corps, specially deployed flood control work in key northern regions. Relevant provinces are required to implement the concept of people first and life first in monitoring, forecasting, engineering scheduling, patrol inspection, emergency rescue, disaster relief and other work links, and practically ensure that people’s lives are the first priority In practice, further implement various responsibility systems for flood control and flood control, investigate hidden risks, make good preparations for the rescue team, scientifically dispatch flood control projects, and strengthen supervision and inspection.