[Epoch Times, July 28, 2021](Interviewed by Epoch Times reporters Gu Xiaohua and Gu Qing’er) In the past few days, Weihui City, Xinxiang City, Henan Province has been besieged by floods. Water levels in the city have been rising continuously and roads have turned into rivers. Just when the city was flooded, local government officials also posted a video saying that “the water level has dropped”, and the official website also featured “good news” propaganda, which caused public grievances. The local people severely criticized the government for inaction and wanted to discuss an argument with the government. The people interviewed said, “The people of Quan Weihui are extremely disappointed with the local government.”
The Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee said that the “water level has fallen” and the “big red good news” attracted public grievances
After several days of heavy rains in Henan Province, the floods in Zhengzhou City have long since receded. At noon on July 23, Wei Hui’s rain finally stopped and the weather cleared. However, from 7 pm on the 25th, the flood suddenly entered Weihui City, the whole city was soaked in water, and the water depth reached more than 2 meters. The whole city was cut off from water, electricity and roads, and a large number of residents were trapped in their homes.
“Wei Hui became an isolated city in the water” became a hot topic on Weibo. As of July 26, the water level continued to rise, and the urban area of Weihui was seriously flooded, and nearly 600,000 people were affected. The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College is located on a high ground in Weihui City. It was also surrounded by floods on the 26th and became an “island” in the vast ocean.
At that time, it was widely circulated on the Internet that the authorities wanted to “protect Xinxiang Yan Weihui.” Beginning on the 26th, local people began to flee.
A local volunteer, Mr. Zhang, told the Epoch Times reporter: “The whole city of Weihui City (26th) was flooded, basically with 2 meters of water. For example, the hospitals had no water or power, plus the water in the night before. It is ten or twenty centimeters long. The whole thing is a little panic. Tens of thousands of people fled and fled the city.”
“Some went to live with relatives in other cities, and some were arranged in resettlement sites. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Weihui’s county town, but tens of thousands may be evacuated, and most of them are still in Weihui City. However, how many of them are in the villages below? This village (disaster situation) is more serious.” Mr. Zhang said.
The netizen “Single Lei” posted on Weibo that on July 26, when the water level in the central city of Weihui reached 2 meters and was still rising, the Secretary of the Weihui Municipal Party Committee passed the Weihui Financial Media Center’s WeChat public account. A video was released declaring that the water level will drop at 4 pm on July 26. However, the water level continued to rise at 11:17 am on July 27, and many river sections of the Weihe and Mengjiangnuhe rivers collapsed. Yandian Street and Heyuan, Weihui City, which had not been submerged, were gradually submerged. .
The article criticized the Weihui City Government for not only failing to formulate a plan to protect people’s lives and property, and even failing to issue evacuation arrangements at all. This caused a large number of unclear masses to panic, and rumors were flying in the air. However, the real information—the water level in Weihui City is constantly changing. The rise and the evacuation of the entire city were regarded as rumours and were dismissed by the authorities.
The article stated that at 10 am on July 26, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, went to Weihui to investigate the disaster, and the Weihui Municipal Government blocked the road and made a “passage of life” without water for the Party Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee for leadership. Passed during inspection. On the 27th, the Weihui Rong Media Center WeChat official account released a report titled “Good News! The water level in some urban streets has dropped”, which aroused public outrage among Weihui citizens.
Weihui citizen Mr. Huang told the Epoch Times reporter: “The water level was still rising in the morning (26th). All the residents in the city had a sentence:’We will never thank the Weihui Municipal Committee.’ If we first stated the situation. , How could there be such a serious loss?”
“The communist canal broke its dyke. Don’t let it be blocked. When it did everything possible to block it, Wei Hui flooded 20 to 30 centimeters. After all the water in Xinxiang city was released, the experts said that the water level would drop. I really want the experts to enter the water. From the waist to the neck, did the water level rise?” Mr. Huang said angrily.
Liang Xin (pseudonym), a evacuated citizen from Weihui City, told the Epoch Times reporter that the water level has not fallen but has risen, but Weihui’s official media have been broadcasting good news on the Internet saying “the water level is going to retreat.” They said it has dropped. The water didn’t drop anyway, everyone evacuated spontaneously, and the government didn’t care about you.
The home is gone, the people have to discuss with the government
Liang Xin and his family were evacuated from the city a few days ago and are now living with relatives. “At that time, there was no water and electricity, and there was nothing. When I left, I installed three packs of instant noodles. Anyway, I can’t return home for the time being.” He said, “If we discuss Wei Hui on WeChat now, it may be blocked.”
“Since we evacuated, the water has been rising. Zhengzhou water is gone, Xinxiang water is gone, and now the water is all in Weihui. Anyway, the first floor has been flooded, and the water reaches my neck. I don’t know what’s going on.” Liang Xin It is said that the information of the municipal government is not open and transparent, and everyone has to discuss with the government.
“It feels like there is no home, and the refrigerators in the house are all soaked. Just like an escape, I didn’t bring everything, nothing.” Liang Xin said helplessly, “At that time, we were passing through a semi-trailer and there were The forklift (person standing in the bucket) escaped from Wei Hui, and then someone came to pick it up. We fled. It was not the government that said it would evacuate, and the government did not give any official notice.”
Liang Xin’s mother said, “We have all (being) blocked on Weibo, and (27th) we cannot receive our Wei Hui incidents across the country.”
“The people in the Weihui government want to give us people a word, but no one said a word to our people, we don’t know.” Liang Xin’s mother cried and said, “If Wei Hui can’t keep it, the government can Let us evacuate in peace. Now all the people and homes are gone, and the entire Weihui City is gone. At that time, we had no food for days and nights.”
Liang Xin added, “We have finished Wei Hui. That is to say, why don’t the government departments come out and say a word to us? I think what the government is doing. Now the house is gone, the house is gone.”
The people of Quan Weihui are disappointed with the government
Wei Hui’s disaster affected the hearts of all walks of life, and many civilian rescue teams rushed to the disaster area.
Mr. Huang from Weihui said: “There is no one to take care of the relief supplies, and no one will lead the rescue team. When my family and friends were rescued, the younger brother of the rescue team said that he was really sad. He came to the rescue and the car broke down and had no parts. No repairs can be found; the ship ran out of fuel, and no gas station was found. In the end, it cost 1,500 yuan (RMB) to find someone to tow.”
“The relief supplies have been transported over thousands of miles, and no one took it. In the end, they had no choice but to unload them and leave.” Mr. Huang said.
Mr. Lin, a villager of Lvxutun, Liuzhuang Township, Weihui, told the Epoch Times reporter on the 28th: “Since yesterday (27th), civilian rescue teams across the country have been evacuated, and they are all taken over by the armed police, troops, and firefighters. The stagnant water is basically about 2 meters, and the depth is more than 3 meters. Last night, the upstream reservoir drained the Weihe River.”
“Now the water level in the urban area is higher than that of the river course, and the flood discharge outlet has been dug to drain the urban water into the Mengjiangnu River.” Mr. Lin said.
Mr. Lin said, “The people of Quan Weihui are extremely disappointed with the local government. On the 26th, they also posted a video saying that the water level would drop to make the people believe it. The urban area was flooded, and the evacuation was not notified. Then (the people) waited at home for death. Casualties I don’t know, it was concealed.”
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