Original title: Henan: Make every effort to fight floods and rescue disasters, and work hard to restore the order of production and life
In the past few days, many places in Henan have been experiencing heavy rains, serious waterlogging has occurred in cities such as Zhengzhou, and the flood control situation is very severe. On July 22, the reporter learned from the Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters that the Henan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government responded quickly. The Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters launched a response mechanism as soon as possible. Party committees at all levels, the people, and rescue teams from all over the world are united. We are united to fight the great flood, strive to minimize the loss of flood disasters, and go all out to restore the order of production and life.
From 8 o’clock on July 18th to 20 o’clock on 22nd, Zhengzhou, Hebi, Xinxiang, Anyang, Jiaozuo, Luoyang, Nanyang, Pingdingshan, Jiyuan, Zhoukou, Luohe, Kaifeng, Zhumadian, Xuchang and other places experienced heavy rainstorms, and 32 counties (cities) , District) rainfall breaks through the historical extreme value.
Affected by this heavy rainfall, a total of 65 large and medium-sized reservoirs in the province exceeded the flood limit water level. Over-protection floods occurred in the Qi River, Dasha River, and Communism Canal, and over-alarm floods occurred in the Communism Canal, Weihe, Guohe, Yinghe, and Honghe.
At present, Guangrunpo, Cuijiaqiao, Liangxiangpo and Gongquxi flood storage and detention areas have been opened in the whole province to ensure the safety of flood control.
According to preliminary statistics,
Since the 16th, this round of heavy rainfall has caused 5.542 million people in 120 counties (cities, districts) in the province to be affected by the disaster, 33 people died and 8 people were missing, 495,000 people were relocated for emergency avoidance, and 529,000 were relocated. The affected area of crops was 458.9 thousand hectares, and the direct economic loss was 5.448 billion yuan.
After the disaster, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Kai, Governor of the Provincial Party Committee, presided over 7 emergency flood control meetings, arranged for the deployment of flood control and disaster relief work, and rushed to the scene for supervision and guidance. The leaders of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government went to 17 provincial cities and Jiyuan Demonstration Zone to guide flood prevention and disaster relief work in accordance with the division of responsibilities. The two vice-governors of the provincial government immediately went to the Changzhuang, Guojiazui, and Wuxing reservoirs where the danger occurred to dispatch and direct emergency rescue work.
Zhu Shengling, political commissar of the Central Theater Command, went to Henan to take command and dispatched troops to help Henan. As of 20 o’clock on the 22nd, the provincial military region coordinated the People’s Liberation Army and armed police with 17,000 people.
The National Defense Agency and the Ministry of Emergency Management sent a steering group to coordinate a number of high-level professional rescue teams such as China State Construction, China Railway Construction, and China Aneng to assist our province. The Provincial Emergency Management Department organized more than 820 backbone rescue teams with more than 70,000 people, 18,000 firefighting and rescue personnel, more than 245,000 social rescue forces, and 2,600 large-scale rescue equipment (sets), and put them into flood relief and disaster relief operations.
In response to this torrential rain, the Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters promptly initiated flood control emergency response, dispatched 6 working groups to guide flood control and disaster relief work in heavy rainfall areas, fully ensured the smooth flow of traffic, electricity, and communications in key areas, and organized the evacuation and transfer of personnel in key areas. All localities are arranged to conduct comprehensive investigations, elimination and reinforcement of various reservoirs and flood control rivers.
The Provincial Water Conservancy Department launched the first-level emergency response to flood and drought disaster prevention, 24 hours of continuous consultation, and 19 dispatch orders to accurately and accurately dispatch 12 large and medium-sized reservoirs including Suya Lake and Changzhuang, and dispatched an expert team to Changzhuang and Guo Jiazui, Dingdian, and Wuxing Reservoirs provided on-site guidance for emergency rescue, and carried out special flood control inspections on high-risk locations.
The China Meteorological Administration urgently allocated a batch of emergency weather monitoring equipment to support Henan. All members of the Henan Meteorological Bureau are on duty 24 hours a day, rolling out forecasts and warnings, issuing 279 red rainstorm warning messages, receiving 120 million short messages, and sending 540,000 warning messages to 22,500 emergency responders.
The provincial finance urgently raised 200 million yuan (including 100 million yuan from the central government) to support the province’s flood prevention and disaster relief work. Among them, 120 million yuan was allocated to support emergency rescue and relief work in disaster areas and disaster-stricken people; 80 million yuan was used to support the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster and the restoration of water-damaged water conservancy projects.
Over half of the highway’s water-damaged section was repaired! The Provincial Department of Transportation made every effort to ensure the passage of expressways. A total of 145 emergency rescue teams, 5,000 rescuers, 1,500 machinery, and 100,000 cubic meters of sand were prepared. At present, 255 expressways in the province have been rushed to repair, and 143 are under rush to repair. There are 148 pairs of expressway service areas in the province, and 144 pairs have resumed normal operations.
Add trains to transfer stranded passengers to transfer! China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has urgently added 18 high-speed trains, 8 regular-speed trains, and 30 inter-city trains since the 21st to transfer stranded passengers and ease the flow of passengers in a timely manner. According to incomplete statistics, since the emergency response was initiated, the group company’s 11 passenger stations and 67 stations have provided a total of 38,634 emergency foods to 141 stopping trains, including 3,250 boxes of mineral water, 6391 boxes of instant noodles, milk, and ham. , 15720 kilograms of meat, eggs, vegetables and other meals.
The flood-fighting and disaster relief flight successfully landed at Zhengzhou Airport! From 12:00 on July 21 to 7:00 on July 22, Zhengzhou Airport guaranteed 80 flights and evacuated 3,217 passengers. Successfully ensured that two flood-fighting and disaster relief flights landed at Zhengzhou Airport. Henan Airport Group has tried every means to ensure the safe operation of airport buses. The departure times of the three Zhengzhou airport buses are all on-demand, so as to meet the travel needs of passengers in a timely manner.
“One household, one policy” formulate emergency repair plans! State Grid Henan Electric Power Company dispatched 8285 people and 1919 vehicles to participate in emergency rescue. Regarding the 473 disaster-stricken communities in Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou Power Supply Company formulated emergency repair plans in accordance with the principle of “one household, one policy”, and each community was equipped with more than 20 emergency repair personnel. For communities with emergency repair conditions, immediately organize personnel to recover.
All important communication trunk lines in Zhengzhou are unblocked! The Provincial Communications Administration urgently issued a dispatch order to organize the information and communications industry across the province to carry out emergency repair and restoration of communications. As of 8 o’clock on July 22, 28,600 base stations have been restored, and 1,002 optical cables totaling 1,422 kilometers have been rushed through. At present, the important communication trunk lines in Zhengzhou area are unblocked, and the communication in all important areas of the public mobile communication network is basically stable.
Up to now, major dangers in Zhengzhou Changzhuang, Guojiazui and Wuxing reservoirs have been eliminated.
With the shift of heavy rain areas, the flood control emergency response of Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang Weihe River Basin and Kaifeng, Zhoukou County (cities, districts) along the Jialu River has been upgraded to Level I, and Pingdingshan, Luohe, and Jiaozuo have initiated Level II flood control emergency response.
According to the Provincial Meteorological Observatory, it is expected that in the next 24 hours, there will still be heavy rains and heavy rains in parts of northern Henan and western Henan. The Provincial Prevention Office requires that the local government and relevant departments perform emergency and rescue work in accordance with their responsibilities to prevent rainstorms, promptly evacuate people in distress, focus on preventing mountain floods and geological disasters in mountainous areas, and do a good job in preventing floods in reservoirs, urban waterlogging and farmland waterlogging. . Rescue teams at all levels are on standby at any time to quickly rescue people in distress and ensure the safety of people’s lives and property.
Source: Tan Yong, Guo Beichen / Top News·Henan Daily
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