The flood flood in Beichuan caused 6 people to die, and 12 people lost contact

From 20:00 to 8:00 on July 15th, the weather in the west of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County appeared in heavy rainfall, resulting in 22,300 people in 13 towns and villages to varying degrees. Some township road infrastructure was severely damaged, and electricity and communication were interrupted in large areas.

In the early morning of July 16th, it was affected by the upstream green film town and the heavy rainfall of Baishi Township (0:00 on July 16th to 8:00, the maximum rainfall was 110 mm, and the rainfall area reached 695 square kilometers), the Qing film river and Qixinggou Hongfeng overlap at the intersection of Baishi Township Town, the water level has skyrocketed, the floods are mixed floating objects, soil, sand and gravel silt raising the riverbed, rushing out of the river, rushing into the town, the streets of the street were flooded, some houses were washed away. , Interrupt communication. As of 7 o'clock on the 17th, the flood caused 6 people to die and 12 people lost contact.

After the disaster situation, the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government attached great importance to arranging the searches and rescue of personnel, strictly preventing secondary disasters; the city and county levels started the level II response of flood prevention emergency II as soon as possible. , Water conservancy, transportation, health, fire protection, communication and militia rescue for 400 people, and 48 rescue machinery such as professional rescue vehicles, excavators, loaders, and other rescue machines. Guarantee and other work. As of 20:00 on the 16th, a total of 1,323 people were transferred to the people, of which the 480 affected people in Baish Township were properly resettled.

At present, the work of rescue and rescue is carried out in an orderly manner.

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