China News Service, Enshi, Hubei, July 26 (Guo Xiaoying, Dong Xiaobin) According to the official news of Jianshi County, Hubei Province on July 26, heavy rains in the county caused severe floods and water levels along the Guangrun River soared. The urban area and Longli community of Changliang Town The low-lying areas of Longping Town and Maotian Township were seriously flooded. Roads in the county were interrupted in many places. There were large-scale power outages in the city. Two people died and three people were missing.
From 20:00 on July 25 to 12:00 on the 26th, Jianshi County saw general rainstorms, from local heavy rains to extreme heavy rains. The maximum rainfall in the affected towns and towns was 286.5 mm in Yezhou towns (urban areas). The rainfall has exceeded the historical extreme value of 218.7 mm since 1959. , Yezhou and Changliang, from 3 am to 6 am on the 26th, with a 3-hour rainfall of 197 mm. Affected by the extreme heavy rain, at 11:40, the water level of the Guangrun River in the urban area exceeded the warning level of 3.64 meters.
At 1 am on July 26, after the rainstorm red warning message was issued, various departments at all levels in Jianshi County responded quickly and organized the masses to move to safe areas. Traffic control was implemented in some areas, and water conditions were dispatched in time.
At 8:30 on July 26, Jianshi County launched a flood control level I response. All levels and departments are fully engaged in flood prevention and disaster relief work. Party members and cadres at all levels, the "sharp squad" of the sinking community, party members and cadres and community cadres participate in emergency evacuation and rescue work. All towns, villages (communities) make every effort to organize rescue and disaster relief, evacuate and transfer in time, and properly settle the people involved in danger and disasters.
After the disaster, Ke Jun, secretary of the Enshi Prefecture Party Committee, led rescue teams such as the armed police, firefighting, and militia, as well as relevant departments and experts from electric power, communications, meteorology, and hydrology, to Jianshi to direct rescue and disaster relief.
Currently, rescue and disaster relief work is still going on. (Finish)