Shanxi： actively responding to continuous heavy rainfall, flood control and disaster relief, and vigorously promoting.
People’s Daily Online, Taiyuan, October 11 (Zhang Tingting) During the National Day, many places in Shanxi Province continued to suffer from heavy rainfall, and many rivers experienced obvious flooding. Floods exceeding the police occurred in the lower reaches of Fenhe River and the upper reaches of Qinhe River, tributaries of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and the flood control pressure increased. On October 10, I learned from the Shanxi Provincial Emergency Rescue Headquarters that the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government responded quickly, started the disaster relief response at the first time, and allocated and allocated relief materials and funds in a timely manner. Party committees and governments at all levels, the people and the rescue team were United in their efforts to carry out disaster relief work in an orderly manner. At present, the basic livelihood of the affected people has been guaranteed, and the production and living order is accelerating.
Race against time to promote various flood control and emergency rescue work. Image provided by Yuncheng Daily.
From October 2 nd to 7 th, there was a large-scale heavy precipitation in Shanxi Province, with the precipitation of 15.4 ~ 285.2 mm and over 200 mm in 18 counties. Affected by continuous heavy rainfall and upstream water, the flow of the Shanxi section of the Yellow River continues to increase, and many places such as Wuma River in Qingxu County of Taiyuan City, Xinjiang Section of Fenhe River and Yanwu Section of Fenyang River in Lvliang City are in danger. The rainfall process has a short interval, a long duration and a large rainfall range, which has led to a wide range of disasters. However, at present, the disaster situation is generally controllable and has not caused many deaths and injuries.
After the flood disaster occurred, the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government attached great importance to it and immediately gave instructions to arrange the deployment of flood control and disaster relief work, demanding that the flood control and disaster relief work be done without relaxation. The provincial government has organized meetings, and relevant responsible comrades and working groups of provincial emergency, water conservancy, natural resources, housing construction, transportation and other departments went to various places to inspect and guide flood control work.
The dam near Qiaodong Village in Xinjiang section of Fenhe River executed Kouhelong. Photo by Jin Yumin
Shanxi province actively responded to the danger and spared no effort to rescue. It is understood that on October 9, this round of flood peak has been successfully merged into the Yellow River in Miaoqian Village, Wanrong County, Yuncheng City, and the water potential of Fenhe River and its tributaries, Qinhe River and tributaries is generally stable and continues to decline; Six provincial mine rescue teams with 160 people and more than 40 high-power pumps have rushed to the scene of the Xinjiang section of the Fenhe River for pumping operations; The breach of Fenyang Yanwu section of Ciyao River in Lvliang City has been completely blocked; The uptrend of Changyuan River Bridge on Nantongpu Line has been rushed through … … Up to now, all dangerous places have been effectively controlled.
On October 8, at the resettlement site of Xinjiang Gymnasium in Yuncheng City, two medical staff on duty (left) learned about the physical health of the people affected by Hongfeng. Gao xinsheng photo
Disaster relief is urgent, and resettlement sites for displaced people have been set up nearby in Shanxi. The living materials of the resettlement sites are abundant, and the basic livelihood of the displaced people has been properly resettled and guaranteed. Party committees and governments at all levels take the safety of personnel as the top priority, implement safety measures from village to village, evacuate people, ensure the safety of important facilities and nearby villages, prevent secondary disasters, and effectively guarantee the safety and life of relocated people. At present, Shanxi Province has abundant reserves of disaster relief materials, and has urgently allocated disaster relief materials such as cotton tents, single tents, folding beds, cotton trousers, cotton coats and quilts to Daning, Pingyao, Jiexiu, Xiaoyi and Fenyang. Emergency arrangements will be made to allocate provincial disaster relief funds to support disaster relief work such as the relocation and resettlement of affected people in severely affected areas and the restoration and reconstruction of damaged houses. After the disaster, all kinds of enterprises and social organizations from all over the country donated money and materials to support the disaster relief. The relevant departments of Shanxi Province expressed their gratitude for the help of one party in trouble and support from all directions.
The Shanxi Provincial Emergency Rescue Headquarters requires that the investigation of hidden dangers should be further strengthened, the prevention of secondary disasters such as geological disasters should be strengthened, the development of rain and flood should be closely monitored, the flood of the Yellow River should be strictly prevented, and the safety of personnel should be the top priority, so as to do a good job in emergency relocation and resettlement of the affected people, properly distribute disaster relief funds and materials, do a good job in health and epidemic prevention in the affected areas, effectively protect the basic livelihood of the affected people, and ensure that the affected people have enough to eat, wear warm clothes and live safely.