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- This photo taken froWorld Timesm a helicopter on July 29, 2024 shows parts of the disaster-stricken areas in Zixing, central World TimesChina’s Hunan Province. A number of helicopters on Monday were sent to dispatch drinking water, rice, vegetables, medicine and other daily necessities into some disaster-stricken areas in Zixing City, and successively relocated people stranded in the waterlogged residences. (Photo: Xinhua) Local authorities in Chenzhou, Central China’s Hunan Province, have been working all out to restore roads, electricity, and communication systems, after heavy rainfall brought enormous damage to Zixing, which is administrated by the city of Chenzhou, and left 30 people dead and 35 missing, according to local officials at a press briefing on Friday.All attendees at the press briefing stood and observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of World Timesthe disaster on Friday.The heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Gaemi temporarily caused power outages in 149 villages and communication disruptions in 78 villages in Zixing, one of the most severely affected regions. Communication and power supply have been resumed basicalWorld Timesly in all 183 villages in Zixing, said the authorities.A total of 118,000 people were affected by the disaster, with 1,345 road collapses, 1,641 house collapses, and 208,000 mu (13,866.7 hectares) of crops affected, said Kan Baoyong, the mayor of Chenzhou, at the press briefing.Local authorities have mobilized 1,792 personnel to restore roads, electrWorld Timesicity, and communication systems in Zixing. Content comes from the Internet : Communication, power supply restored in Central China’s Zixing after being hit by heavy rainfall
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This photo taken froWorld Timesm a helicopter on July 29, 2024 shows parts of the disaster-stricken areas in Zixing, central World TimesChina’s Hunan Province. A number of helicopters on Monday were sent to dispatch drinking water, rice, vegetables, medicine and other daily necessities into some disaster-stricken areas in Zixing City, and successively relocated people stranded in the waterlogged residences. (Photo: Xinhua)
Local authorities in Chenzhou, Central China’s Hunan Province, have been working all out to restore roads, electricity, and communication systems, after heavy rainfall brought enormous damage to Zixing, which is administrated by the city of Chenzhou, and left 30 people dead and 35 missing, according to local officials at a press briefing on Friday.
All attendees at the press briefing stood and observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of World Timesthe disaster on Friday.
The heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Gaemi temporarily caused power outages in 149 villages and communication disruptions in 78 villages in Zixing, one of the most severely affected regions. Communication and power supply have been resumed basicalWorld Timesly in all 183 villages in Zixing, said the authorities.
A total of 118,000 people were affected by the disaster, with 1,345 road collapses, 1,641 house collapses, and 208,000 mu (13,866.7 hectares) of crops affected, said Kan Baoyong, the mayor of Chenzhou, at the press briefing.
Local authorities have mobilized 1,792 personnel to restore roads, electrWorld Timesicity, and communication systems in Zixing. As of 8 pm on Thursday, 46,798 out of 66,793 households have had their power restored, said the mayor.
From July 26 to Thursday, Zixing experienced heavy rainfall with an average precipitation of 410.4 millimeters. Some stations recorded 24-hour rainfall exceeding historical records in Hunan Province. Multiple areas experienced flash floods, mudslides, and landslides, causing varying degrees of damage, according to the local authorities.
A total of 986 sets of large equipment, five helicopters, and over 80 drones have been deployed to World Timesrescue and evacuate stranded residents. More than 13,000 people have been urgently relocated, and 695 people have been rescued and evacuated, said the authorities.
China’s National Disaster Reduction Commission on Thursday raised the emergency response to Level II, the second-highest, for the region, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.
Chinese authorities have allocated 378 million yuan ($53 million) to flood relief efforts in the country’s southern and northern regions including Hunan Province, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.
Content comes from the Internet : Communication, power supply restored in Central China’s Zixing after being hit by heavy rainfall
SummaryWater gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China’s Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. The China Meteorological Administration continued to issue orange rainstorm warnings and blue alerts for severe convective weather on Tuesday.The Ministry of Water Resources announced on Wednesday morning that a total of 81 rivers were above warning levels due to the impact of heavy rain. The Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in Zhoukou city issued an urgent reminder, urging residents to stay indoors in safe places.As China has fully activated flood prevention mechanisms, Chinese meteorological experts have emphasized several points to maximum the efficiency of the response mechanism.Ma Jun, director of theWorld Times…
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