20 disasters in Shandong County, Qinghai Datong County have been rescued

Xinhua News Agency, Xining, August 18th (Reporter Li Jinfeng, Wang Yan, Zhou Shengsheng) Reporters learned from the emergency headquarters of the emergency headquarters of the "August 18th" mountain flood disaster rescue disposal of the "August 18th" Mountains in the Datong Hui Autonomous County, Xining City, Qinghai Province. Among the disasters, 20 loss -catching people have been rescued. As of 20:00 on the 18th, 17 people were killed and 17 people still lost contact.

According to reports, more than 4,500 people have organized armed police, public security, fire, emergency, health and other departments and rural cadres to invest in rescue disaster relief.

At 22:25 on August 17, Datong County encountered instantly rainfall. The rainfall caused the flood, causing mudslides, causing the river to diversion. There were 6,245 people in 1517 households in 6 towns and 6 villages. After the disaster, Qinghai Province quickly launched a provincial emergency response to the provincial -level disaster.

The Qinghai Provincial Department of Finance has issued 100 million yuan in funds (including 50 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds), coordinating the emergency rescue of Datong County and rescue of the affected people, focusing on search, rescue transfer, discharge, danger and other emergency emergency response, etc. Response, secondary disasters, investigation of hidden dangers of disaster and emergency rectification, and reimbursement of residential houses.

The search and rescue work is still in progress.

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