Beijing, June 7: Torrential rain in Guizhou Province, southwestern China, has wreaked havoc, leading to severe flooding in several areas. As conditions worsened, approximately 10,000 individuals were evacuated to safety.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, the most affected regions include the cities of Qianxi, Junyi, and Changshun County.
In Qianxi, continuous heavy rainfall from Saturday night into early Sunday impacted all 30 townships in the city. Five of these townships recorded extreme rainfall. In response, local authorities initiated a 24-hour emergency relief and rescue operation.
So far, 1,377 people from 491 families have been relocated to safe areas, with over 50 individuals successfully rescued from dangerous situations.
In Changshun County, operations at the Bankong Reservoir were disrupted due to power supply issues, causing the reservoir to overflow. Consequently, around 3,000 individuals from approximately 1,000 families living in lower-lying villages were moved to safer locations.
By Sunday evening at 6 PM, China’s Ministry of Water Resources and the Meteorological Administration issued a top-level red alert for flash floods in the hilly regions of southeastern Guizhou. This warning is effective from 8 PM Sunday until 8 PM Monday.
Following this, authorities in the Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan increased monitoring of 27 rivers and deployed thousands of officials and flood control personnel.
By Sunday evening, 4,582 people from 1,322 families had been moved to safety, while evacuation efforts for 21,754 individuals from 7,213 families were still ongoing.
Earlier, on May 26, China’s flood control agencies had implemented a Level-4 emergency response for Guizhou Province. Additionally, following severe flooding and landslides on May 19, the National Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Relief Commission declared a Level-4 disaster relief emergency in the province.
It is noteworthy that recent heavy rains in Guiding County, Guizhou, resulted in floods and landslides that claimed four lives. Due to the ongoing rainfall, authorities remain on high alert, intensifying relief and rescue operations.
Leave a Comment