All localities and departments actively take action to prevent floods, typhoons and geological disasters, and race against time to rescue them.

CCTV News:Heavy rainfall occurred in parts of southwest and north China, causing traffic jams and people trapped. In this regard, all localities and departments actively responded and raced against time to launch rescue.

Affected by Typhoon Danasi, heavy rainfall occurred in many places in Ningde, Fujian Province from the early morning of the 9th. According to statistics, as of 6: 00 on the 9th, the 24-hour cumulative rainfall in 26 townships in 5 counties (cities, districts) in Ningde exceeded 100mm. Among them, the largest rainfall occurred in Zhangwan town, reaching 155.5 mm. Affected by this, waterlogging occurred in many places in Zhangwan Town, and relevant departments urgently carried out rescue work. 

Affected by Typhoon Danasi, many villagers in Daduhu Village, Sanmen County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, were caught in a rainstorm on the 8 th and could not return. At this time, the river was still rising. At a critical moment, two firefighters immediately drove a rubber boat to the other side of the river after wearing protective equipment, threw rescue ropes and set up a rescue channel. After the relay rescue, all seven trapped people got out of trouble, but fortunately, their bodies were all fine.

In the past two days, many places in southwest China have also experienced a wide range of heavy rainfall. From 7: 00 on July 8 to 7: 00 on the 9 th, there were heavy rains in Weixin County and Zhenxiong County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, in which the maximum precipitation in Weixin County reached 227.8 mm. According to preliminary statistics, as of 7: 00 on the 9th, there were more than 200 road collapses, more than 40 traffic interruptions and more than 150 houses flooded in Weixin County. The local emergency rescue plan was launched at the first time to rescue.

From the evening of the 8th to the early morning of the 9th, Xishui County, Zunyi, Guizhou Province was hit by heavy rainfall, which caused serious water accumulation in many low-lying areas of the county, flooded roads, flooded houses and trapped many people. The local fire department launched a rescue, but due to the narrow passage in some areas, boats and boats could not pass. Firefighters tied ropes to their bodies and waded into houses for search and rescue.

After careful search, firefighters found seven trapped people on the second floor of the house, including an old man with mobility difficulties. After taking safety protection measures, firefighters carried the old man out and moved him to a safe place, and then rescued the remaining trapped people one after another.

Chongqing is also affected by heavy rainfall. Near Honglou Hospital, Ganghua Road, dadukou district, firefighters found a motorcycle rider trapped in the water and in danger of being washed away. After the rescue, the man was transferred to a safe place. According to reports, at present, the dadukou district Fire and Rescue Bureau has handled 16 related police situations and dispatched more than 130 people to participate in the rescue work.

Yibin, Sichuan: Emergency rescue and transfer of trapped people due to heavy rainfall in many places.

From 19: 00 on July 8 to 9: 00 on July 9, heavy rain occurred in some parts of Yibin City, Sichuan Province, with moderate rain to light rain in some areas. On the morning of the 9th, Yibin Meteorological Observatory upgraded the blue rainstorm warning to the yellow rainstorm warning. Changning County, Jiang ‘an County, Gaoxian County and other places launched a four-level emergency response to flood control. Heavy rainfall caused many people to be trapped, and the local authorities made every effort to organize rescue.

In Shangluo Town, Gongxian County, Yibin, the street water has been more than one meter deep, and some places have flooded the first floor, and many people are trapped. Rescuers use relay to transfer the trapped people in waist-deep water. In the flooded area on the first floor, firefighters and rescuers set up ladders to transfer the people trapped on the second floor to rubber boats and send them to safe areas. Heavy rainfall also led to large-scale power outages in Caoying Town and Luodu Miao Township of Gongxian County, and some roads were impassable due to accumulated water, resulting in abnormal communication.

As of 14: 00 on the 9th, local rainfall has stopped, and dredging and disaster verification are being organized in an orderly manner.

The Ministry of Finance and the Emergency Management Department urgently pre-allocated 150 million yuan to support flood control and typhoon prevention and geological disaster relief in six provinces.

On July 9, the Ministry of Finance and the Emergency Management Department urgently pre-allocated 150 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds, focusing on supporting six provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing, Xizang and Gansu to carry out disaster emergency rescue and relief work for the affected people, and co-ordinating the search and rescue, relocation and resettlement of the affected people, emergency treatment such as eliminating dangers, investigation of hidden dangers of secondary disasters, and restoration of damaged houses.