Floods in Wanzhou, Chongqing have caused 15 deaths and 4 missing! Please take precautions!

According to the Emergency Management Bureau of Wanzhou District, Chongqing, Wanzhou District was hit by heavy rains from July 3 to 4, 2023. As of 7:00 a.m. on July 5, the new round of heavy rainfall in the area had caused 15 deaths, 4 missing persons, and more than 130,000 people affected.

Since July 3, showers or thunderstorms have occurred in most areas of Chongqing, with heavy rainfall mainly concentrated in areas along the Yangtze River. 136 rainfall stations in 17 districts and counties, including Banan District, Tongnan District, and Hechuan District, have recorded heavy rainstorms. Among them, Changtan Town in Wanzhou District experienced extremely heavy rainstorms, with rainfall exceeding historical extremes.

From July 3 to 4, many places in Wanzhou District, Chongqing City were hit by heavy rains, causing floods and geological disasters. On the 3rd, the State Flood Control Headquarters launched a Level 4 emergency response for flood control in Chongqing and other provinces. On the afternoon of the 4th, the National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management launched a national Level IV disaster relief emergency response. As of 10:00 on July 5, the rainfall caused 36 towns, townships and streets in Wanzhou District, including Wuqiao, Changling and Baiyang, to be affected, with a population of 37,226 people affected, 11,578 people urgently evacuated, and 779 people urgently relocated. The affected area of ​​crops was 1,949.96 hectares, the disaster area was 1,112.17 hectares, and the area of ​​total crop failure was 568.82 hectares. 50 households and 138 houses collapsed, and 112 households and 221 houses were damaged. The direct economic loss in the district was 227.84474 million yuan.

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In the early morning of the 5th, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters sent a working group led by Wang Daoxi, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Management and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, to Wanzhou, Chongqing to guide flood prevention, rescue and disaster relief work.

Heavy rainfall and other weather conditions are frequent during the flood season, which can easily lead to geological disasters such as landslides and mud-rock flows, posing a great threat to people's lives and property. So, how can we prevent floods and save ourselves?

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According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, from the 4th to the 5th, there will be heavy to torrential rain, and local heavy rainstorms in Liaoning, Jilin, central and southern Heilongjiang, northeastern Inner Mongolia and other places.

From the 6th to the 8th, there will be moderate to heavy rain in Jianghuai, eastern Jianghan, northern Jiangnan, eastern Sichuan Basin, Guizhou, and northern Yunnan, with heavy rain in some areas and torrential rain in some local areas.

Please be careful!

Comprehensive sources: Ministry of Emergency Management, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News Client, etc.