Sudden!6 people were killed, 12 people lost contact

Reporter July 17th

Known from the Qiang Autonomous County of Beichuan, Sichuan

Beichuan Bureau continues to strengthen precipitation and cause mountain floods

Cause 6 deaths, 12 people lost contact

The local rescue and rescue work is carried out in an orderly manner

The flood caused 6 people to die, 12 people lost contact

From 20:00 on July 15th to 8:00 on the western part of the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Sichuan, the weather process of heavy rainfall occurred, resulting in 22,300 people in 13 towns and towns to varying degrees. Some township roads were severely damaged, and large electricity and communication were interrupted.

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. , Discontinued. As of 7 o'clock on the 17th, the flood caused 6 people to die and 12 people lost contact.

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

On July 16, the rumors of the northern rivers in Sichuan, the flood rushed into Baishi Township Town, causing the houses in the streets to be flooded and some houses were destroyed. (Xinhua News Agency)

A total of 1323 people have been transferred to the masses

After the disaster, the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government immediately arranged and deployed the search and rescue of personnel, strictly preventing secondary disasters; the first time the flood prevention emergency response was initiated in Mianyang City and Beichuan County. Local organizations have more than 400 rescue forces such as public security, water conservancy, transportation, health, health, fire protection, and 48 rescue machinery such as professional rescue vehicles, excavators, and loaders, and emergencyly launched personnel investigation, on -site search and rescue, transfer resettlement, road repair and other work.

At present, a total of 1,323 people have been transferred to the masses, of which the 480 affected people in Bishi Township have been properly resettled.

Sichuan issued the first orange warning of the flood disaster this year

The reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Water Resources that at 17:00 on the 16th, Sichuan issued the first orange warning of the flood disaster in this year, involving more than 8 counties (districts).

The warning shows that from 20:00 on the 16th to 20:00 on the 17th, the possibility of flood disasters such as Hanyuan, Qi Jing, Hongya, Jinhekou, Eibian, Ganluo, Yuexi, Meigu Orange warning.

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