The National Defense General Launches Flood Control Level IV Emergency Response Additional Working Group to Assist Localities in Preventing and Responding to Heavy Rains-Xinhua English.news.cn

The National Defense General Launches Level IV Emergency Response to Flood Control

Send additional working groups to assist local governments in preventing and coping with heavy rainfall

According to forecasts by the Meteorological Department, there will be heavy rains in North China, the northern and eastern part of Huanghuai, and the southern part of Northeast China in the next three days. According to reports from the water conservancy department, 14 small and medium-sized rivers, including the main stream and tributaries of the upper reaches of the Qujiang River in Sichuan, and the tributaries of the Hanjiang River in Shaanxi, have experienced floods above warning level due to heavy rainfall. According to forecasts by the Ministry of Natural Resources, in the next 72 hours, geological disasters are likely to occur in parts of western and northern Beijing, northern Tianjin, western and northeastern Hebei, eastern Shanxi, and northern Henan.

In view of the current flood control situation, the National Defense Headquarters launched a flood control level IV emergency response at 17:00 on the 11th and sent three additional teams to Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing and other places to assist in the heavy rainfall prevention and response work. The National Headquarters of the People’s Republic of China held a flood prevention special video conference and dispatch meeting and emphasized that the prevention agencies at all levels must adhere to the people’s supremacy and life first, strictly implement various flood prevention responsibility measures, and put the assurance of people’s lives in the first place and implement them effectively; Strengthen the pertinence and effectiveness of work, establish and improve prevention and response mechanisms to ensure that early warning information reaches the village (community) to households to people; further strengthen the safety inspection of key parts and weak links, and make preparations for emergency rescue; Arrange the deployment of emergency rescue forces to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property. (Reporter Guo Jingyuan)