China News Service, July 20. According to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Emergency Management, Henan Province has experienced extremely heavy rainfall since July 17, with torrential rains in the central and western and northwestern regions, and extremely heavy rains in some areas.

From 8:00 to 17:00 on the 20th, heavy rains continued in some areas. Among them, heavy rains occurred in the central and northwestern regions. Heavy rains occurred in parts of Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo, Xinxiang, Luoyang, Xuchang, Pingdingshan and other places. Extremely heavy rain.

According to the relevant provisions of the "National Emergency Plan for Flood Control and Drought Relief", the State General Administration of Defense decided to initiate a third-level flood control emergency response at 20:00 on July 20.

  After receiving the report, the comrades in charge of the emergency management department and the leaders of the department in charge immediately rushed to the command center to have a video conference with the comrades in charge of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and connect with the Ministry of Water Resources, the Meteorological Bureau and the Henan Provincial Office of Defense, Emergency Department, and Fire Rescue Corps. Responsible comrades have a detailed understanding of rain, flood, and disaster conditions, and guide the deployment of emergency rescue and disposal work.

The Henan Working Group of the State General Defense Agency has rushed to the scene to assist in flood fighting and rescue work.

  As of now, the Henan Fire Rescue Corps has handled 408 flood rescue and rescue operations today. The Zhengzhou Fire Rescue Detachment dispatched 548 fire trucks, 25 boats, 2710 commanders and fighters, rescued 849 trapped people, and evacuated more than 1,500 people. , The fire rescue team is ready for cross-regional reinforcement.