The number of victims in the mountains and flood disasters in Datong County, Qinghai rose to 26 post -disaster reconstruction work.

Xinhua News Agency, Xining, August 21 (Reporters Zhou Shengsheng and Li Ning) Reporters learned from the emergency headquarters of the "August 18th" mountain flood disaster rescue rescue disposal of the "August 18th" Mountains and Tujun Autonomous County, Xining City, Qinghai Province.26 people were killed, and 5 people lost contact.Since the launch of the rescue work, a total of 23 outbound people have been rescued.

In the past few days, the power, transportation, agriculture, animal husbandry, housing construction and other departments have stepped up road repair, power recovery, and mud cleaning in the local area.The housing construction department has organized a special person to go to the original residential house of the affected people to identify the safety of the house.Some social caring people also come to participate in volunteer services to help the affected people restore production and life as soon as possible.

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.

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