On June 21, the National Defense Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management continued to organize joint consultations with relevant departments such as meteorology, water conservancy, and natural resources, and dispatched Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and other provinces to do a good job in the current flood control and disaster relief work, focusing on Good efforts to prevent and respond to river floods and mountain torrents and geological disasters.
From 8:00 on June 20 to 8:00 on the 21st, there were heavy rains or heavy rains in parts of northern Guangxi, northern Guangdong, central and southern Hunan, northern and southwestern Jiangxi, northwestern Fujian, southern Zhejiang, southern Guizhou, and southern Hubei. Affected by the rain, 5 rivers including the Guijiang River and Qiantang River suffered over-protected floods, and 6 rivers including the Le’an River and the Jishui River experienced the largest floods since the measured data, and the water levels of the Xijiang and Beijiang continued to rise. In response to the current flood situation, the National Defense General Administration maintains a three-level emergency response to flood control. Guangdong started the first-level emergency response to flood control at 19:00 on the 21st, Guangxi maintained the second-level emergency response to flood control, Jiangxi upgraded the emergency response to flood control to the second level, and Fujian maintained the third-level emergency response to flood control.
The National Defense Office continuously dispatches and guides relevant regions to focus on preventing major floods, resisting major risks, and helping major disasters, and pays close attention to various responsible measures for flood control. Guangxi implemented the “front-line work method” and grid management for flood control and disaster relief. “Point-to-point” called the county (city, district) defense commander in response to the red warning of heavy rain, and urged the emergency response to be launched in a timely manner. Guangdong intensified mobilization and deployment, and secretaries at all levels of city, county, town and village went to the front line and commanded at the front, forming a situation of “five-level secretaries working together to prevent floods”.
Since the beginning of this year, the national fire rescue team has participated in 2,451 flood rescues, dispatched 24,300 fire rescue personnel, 4,445 vehicles, and 1,255 boats, rescued 2,101 people trapped in distress, and evacuated 9,951 people; the forest fire brigade used 2,153 People and 2 helicopters implemented front garrison and flood control in 38 areas. (Headquarters CCTV reporter Tang Guorong)