China News Service, July 24. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, at the request of Henan Province, the Ministry of Emergency Management launched the third round of cross-regional reinforcements on the evening of the 23rd, and urgently organized two emergency flood drainage teams from Hubei Province and Shaanxi Province. A total of 300 people, with 103 sets of large-flow drainage equipment, rushed to Xinxiang, Henan Province overnight to perform flood relief tasks.
On July 23, affected by the recent heavy rainfall, Dakuai Town, Fengquan District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province was in emergency, and thousands of villagers were threatened by flooding.
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At the same time, the Emergency Management Department mobilized 11 national emergency rescue teams for work safety, with a total of 219 people, and rushed to Hebi to carry out flood relief work with 44 sets of drainage equipment.
The first emergency flood drainage team arrived in the disaster area at around 23:00 on the 23rd.
The Ministry of Transport has launched a green traffic guarantee mechanism for emergency vehicles to provide fast traffic convenience and ensure that the emergency flood drainage team can enter the disaster area as quickly as possible to carry out flood drainage rescue operations.
According to the flood disaster in Henan Province, the National Disaster Reduction Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management upgraded the national level IV disaster relief emergency response to level III on the 23rd, and sent additional personnel to Henan to check the disaster situation, guide and assist the locality in the transfer and settlement of the affected people and basic living assistance Wait for work.
At the same time, in accordance with the needs of local disaster relief work, the Ministry of Emergency Management, in conjunction with the State Bureau of Grain and Material Reserves, urgently allocated central disaster relief materials to Henan Province to support the resettlement of the victims.