[The Epoch Times, June 22, 2022]A few days ago, a thrilling picture of an entire building in Huaihua, Hunan Province being swept away by floodwaters circulated on the Internet. At that time, many houses along the way were hit by this building and collapsed into the water, and the people who witnessed the scene screamed in horror.
The video uploaded from the Internet shows that a building was washed down by the flood, and the house moved downstream with the flood. Witnesses were shouting: “The house was washed away.” Then, after seeing multiple houses being hit, they collapsed and submerged. in the rolling flood. The crowd shouted again: “Ouch, my God.”
Mainland netizens said, “It’s scary.” “It feels like a mudslide, the impact is too great.” “Can the house be torn down? The water is too strong.” “So what about the casualties? This is worrying, have people scattered? It’s terrifying!”
According to comprehensive Lu media reports, the incident occurred on June 19 in Chenxi County, Huaihua, Hunan. It is unclear whether there were any casualties.
According to statistics from the Chenxi County Meteorological Bureau, from 0:00 to 14:00 on June 19, the county generally fell to heavy rains, local heavy rains, and extremely heavy rains. As of 14:00 on the 19th, there were 3 townships with 12-hour rainfall greater than 200 mm. From 13:00 on the 19th, the Chenxi County Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters upgraded the flood control emergency response from Level III to Level II.
According to reports, from the evening of June 18 to the 19th, continuous heavy rains caused floods in many places in Xupu County, causing the farmland and orange trees in Qingjiangtun Village along the Yanxi River in Dajiangkou Town to be flooded; the section of Guanyin Pavilion of National Highway G241 7 road landslides, including the Shadui section of Dajiangkou Town of National Highway G354; small landslides occurred in many villages in Shenzihu Town.
According to official statistics in Hunan, as of 8:00 on June 21, the heavy rainfall had affected 250,473 people in Hunan, and the affected area of crops was 21,607.55 hectares, and 94 houses in 42 households had collapsed.
Responsible editor: Xu Menger#