Shijiazhuang, 8 August -- Zhuozhou, Hebei Province in the Flood Situation: Rescue forces continue to strengthen and people trapped have been rescued one after another

Written by Hao Ye Zhao Danmei

Affected by continuous heavy rainfall and upstream flood transit, the risk of river flooding and urban waterlogging in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province has intensified, and the flood control situation is grim. According to statistics, as of 8 o'clock on August 1, 10 people were affected by the disaster in Zhuozhou, and 133913 villages were affected, covering an area of 146.225 square kilometers.

Why is the flood situation in Zhuozhou serious?

Baoding is located in a special location, it is the south gate of the capital Beijing and the hinterland of Xiong'an New Area, and it has a great responsibility to ensure flood control and safety. Its terrain is special, the terrain slopes from northwest to southeast, the east-west distance is 200 kilometers, the height difference is more than 2200 meters, the terrain slope is steep, the source of the river is short and rapid, the flash flood, the sharp downflow, it is very easy to become a disaster.

Zhuozhou is a county-level city under the administration of Baoding, with a permanent population of more than 60,7. According to statistics, from 29 o'clock on July 8 to 8 o'clock on August 1, there was a significant precipitation weather process in Zhuozhou. The average precipitation in the city is 11.355 mm, the maximum precipitation is 1.435 mm in Lianghe Village, and the precipitation in many townships and streets exceeds 7 mm.

Zhuozhou is bordered by Beijing Fangshan District to the north, Daxing Airport to the east, and Baiyangdian to the south. From the topographic point of view, Zhuozhou is located at the foot of the Taihang Mountain, with dense rivers in the territory, where six rivers, the Zhuma River, the Yongding River, the Xiaoqing River, the Baigou River, the Liuli River and the Huliang River, converge here, playing an important role in the flood control system of the Haihe River Basin. During this heavy rainfall, Hebei opened seven flood storage and detention areas, of which Zhuozhou involved two of them.

Under the heavy rainfall and the upper flood, Zhuozhou, which gathers water from many directions, has become the focus of attention of all parties.

How is the rescue going?

As of 8 a.m. on August 1, 10 people were affected in Zhuozhou, with 133913 affected villages covering an area of 146.225 square kilometers. As of 38:7 on July 31, 17,9726 mu of agricultural disaster area have been counted.

The transfer of stranded people is progressing steadily. In Zhuozhou, many rivers such as the Beizhuma River, Xiaoqing River and Baigou River have a large flow, and the Xiaoqing River flood dividing area and the Langouwa flood storage and detention area have been activated one after another. Among them, a total of 7 townships, 67 villages and 8,6 people were transferred from the Xiaoqinghe flood dividing area. A total of 3,57 people from 4 townships, 2 villages and <>,<> people have been transferred to the Langouwa flood storage and detention area, and all personnel have been transferred in an orderly manner.

For the severely affected Zhuozhou City, since July 7, the Hebei Provincial Emergency Material Supply Center has been operating overnight and continuing to transport emergency supplies to Zhuozhou City. As of 31 o'clock on August 8, a total of 2 FRP flood control and rescue boats, 8 rubber boats, 130,50 life jackets, 3000 waterway amphibious vehicles and 3 drainage pump truck have been transferred, with a total value of 1,724,225 yuan.

According to the news of the "Zhuozhou Release" WeChat public account on August 8, Zhuozhou City has set up 1 emergency rescue teams with a total of 28,8755 people, and cooperated with professional rescue teams such as the Zhuozhou Garrison and the Blue Sky Rescue Team to make every effort to provide rescue support. One in the urban area, two in the Xiaoqinghe flood storage and detention area, and one in the Langouwa flood storage and detention area, a total of four important points, all equipped with assault boats and large-scale rescue equipment, and officers and men of the troops and professional emergency rescue teams are arranged to be on standby 24 hours a day.

After the flood situation occurred in Zhuozhou City, the Emergency Management Department of Hebei Province immediately activated the on-site coordination mechanism for social emergency response forces in Hebei Province to participate in rescue and rescue operations for major and extraordinarily serious disasters, and guided social emergency response forces to participate in rescue and rescue operations in an orderly manner. More than 150 civilian rescue forces, including the Blue Sky Rescue Team and the Ram Rescue Team, have arrived in Zhuozhou.

Since August 8, the Hebei Provincial Fire Rescue Corps has mobilized 1 fire rescue personnel, 6 fire trucks and 543 boats from six fire rescue detachments including Shijiazhuang and Tangshan to reinforce Zhuozhou across regions. At present, rescue forces from many places across the country have arrived in Zhuozhou, and the trapped people have also been rescued one after another.

At the same time of flood control, how to do a good job in epidemic prevention?

According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, on August 8, the rainfall in North China, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other places weakened, but due to the long duration of this round of rainfall, due to the superposition of rainfall, it is still necessary to prevent disasters such as flash floods and geology.

Along with flood prevention, epidemic prevention work is also essential.

Cheng Aijun, director of the Institute of Health Education of the Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that when floods occur, residents' homes, public facilities, farmland and industrial production facilities are flooded, the environment and drinking water sources will be polluted, and the original ecological balance of vector organisms such as mosquitoes and rodents will be broken. After the flood receded, the drowned animals, plants, garbage, silt, etc. caused environmental degradation, and vector organisms multiplied. Therefore, after the occurrence of floods, we should focus on intestinal infectious diseases such as cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, hepatitis A, and insect-borne and natural epidemic diseases.

Cheng Aijun reminded that after the flood disaster, disease prevention and control should pay special attention to the following points: do not drink raw water, if possible, it is best to drink boiled water or bottled water that meets health standards, bottled water; Do not eat spoiled food, do not eat drowned or diseased livestock; Pay attention to environmental hygiene, do not defecate in the open, and do not discard garbage at will; Pay attention to fly prevention, rodent and mosquito control, after flood disaster, if you find an abnormal increase in rats, you need to report to the local relevant departments in time; Wash hands frequently, avoid sharing personal hygiene products such as towels as much as possible, and disinfect frequently; If you have fever, vomiting, diarrhea, rash and other symptoms, seek medical attention as soon as possible. (End)