China News Service, Qinghai Datong, August 19th, title: Qinghai Datong Mountain Flood Disaster 40 Hours: Carpet Search for Life Signals
Chinanews.com reporter Hu Guilong and Zhang Tianfu
17 killed, 17 missing!
The "sign of life" of those who lost contact with the "8.18" mountain torrent disaster in Datong County, Xining City, Qinghai Province, affects the nerves of all walks of life.
At 22:25 on August 17, heavy rainfall occurred in most parts of Xining City, Qinghai Province. At 0:00 on the 18th, heavy rainfall occurred in Qinglin Township and Qingshan Township, Datong County, Xining City, causing flash floods in the Shadai River and causing debris flows. , causing the river to be diverted and overflowing. The disaster has caused 17 deaths and 17 people are still missing.
At 14:00 on the 18th, Zan Rose, a villager in Hejiazhuang Village, Qingshan Township, Datong County, together with relatives and friends, either holding a stick or a shovel, repeatedly searched in a woodland beside the Shadai River in Qingshan Township that was flooded by the river. Signs of life, even if the area has been searched by fire and rescue personnel.
The picture shows the fire search.
Photo by Zhang Tianfu
There is a farmhouse in the above-mentioned woodland. The actual person in charge of the farmhouse, Li Hua (pseudonym), lost contact after the flood.
He Hua and Zan Rose are sisters-in-law.
Zan rose clutched a branch that was as tall as a person, and was searching in the mud, "I'm about to die in a hurry... I've searched all the places I should be looking for, but I don't know where to look. No matter what, I can find someone. Okay. Now, I don't dare to tell Li Hua's maiden family."
Zan Rose's home is very close to the farmhouse. "When the incident happened, I felt the house swaying back and forth, like an earthquake, and the sound in the river was like the howling of the sky. I'm just praying, as I'm old, I'll run away when the river runs away. Let's go, my girl is still young, she must be safe."
"I just took a leave of absence to return to my hometown, and this happened." Zan Rose's daughter He Caixia, who is a master student, told reporters, "We locked the gate from the yard, but the flood water came from the crack of the door and the yard wall. Irrigation. Fortunately, the harvester at home is on the truck, otherwise the truck might have been washed away.”
The investor surnamed Wang of this farmhouse introduced that on the evening of the 17th, "We received a call saying that there was a flood, and then there was no mobile phone signal. We dispatched people from the county to rescue. I went to the scene and saw that the flood had receded, but Li Hua has not been found."
The investor surnamed Wang said that the one who lost contact with Li Hua was a waiter of the farmhouse. "If they stay in the house, it may be safe. At the time of the incident, there were two chefs in the farmhouse, but they did not go out. Just run and be safe."
The picture shows the carpet search.
Photo by Zhang Tianfu
At around 16:00 on the 18th, it rained again in Qingshan Township, but the rescue continued.
At 0:00 on the 19th, Han Xianghui, Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Qinghai Provincial Emergency Management Department, said at a press conference that the intensity of this precipitation has been rare over the years, and the Shadai River valley is narrow and has a large drop, with an average flow rate of 1.07 cubic meters per second for many years. The heavy rainfall on the 17th caused the river flow to suddenly increase to about 100 cubic meters per second, and the mountain torrent flow was large, causing mountain torrent disasters.
Different from the search for people who lost contact in key areas on the 18th, at 9:00 on the 19th, fire, armed police, public security and other search and rescue forces have been in Hejiazhuang, Qingshan Village, and Shadai Village along the Shadai River. , radar and audio and video detectors to carry out carpet search.
Forty or fifty villagers from Lishun Village, Qingshan Township, went up the Shadai River and found the missing person.
They said, "We spontaneously search for the missing from neighboring villages, and our best hope is to find someone."
The picture shows the search site.
Photo by Zhang Tianfu
But life will go on.
Electricity, water supply and communications are being repaired.
In order to prevent "a major epidemic after a major disaster", the staff collected the dead livestock and treated them harmlessly, and carried out disinfection and sterilization for the environment.
"The resettlement site last night was like a hotel. This morning, I rushed home after breakfast." Quan Yongfu, a 39-year-old villager in Shadai Village, was busy feeding the cows, "When the flood comes, my eight cows He broke off the reins and ran up the hillside, running like a man. The other two cows were not found and may have washed away."
At noon, Quan Yongfu lit the cow dung, made a fire to cook, and warmly invited the staff who had never met in front of the house to have a quick meal. little thing."
To the afternoon of the 19th, the incident took about 40 hours.
Braving the pouring rain to set up the platform, Sha Chengliang and more than 30 ramen brothers used more than 10 bags of flour to pull thousands of bowls of free beef ramen in less than 24 hours. "Our actions do not represent individuals, only Datong. County's caring catering enterprises." (End)