Floods pulled down houses, swept away fire trucks: China immediately issued red alert number 1

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10:31:43, 21/06/2022 China will meet serious floods again in 2022.

Floods destroy houses in China

In the early morning of June 19, a video recording the scene of a fire truck "waving" in the midst of flood water was widely spread on Chinese social networking platforms.
The location of the incident is Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. Due to the heavy rainfall, this area was severely flooded.
According to the notice of the Thieu Quan Fire Department, on June 19, after moving the people surrounded by floods to a safe place, the station's fire truck suddenly encountered a fierce flood, the water level kept rising. surround the car. Fortunately, the driver managed to drive out of the flood water, no one was injured.
Severe flooding was also recorded in Guangxi province, China. Flood water from upstream poured in, making people unable to manage in time.
According to Nanguo Jinbao, a village in Cangwu district was hit by flash floods caused by heavy rainfall. The flood destroyed at least one house for a while, and took away many objects as well as large wooden slats.

Red alarm level 1

According to the announcement of the Information Office of the Ministry of Water Resources of China on June 19, from 8 pm on June 19 to 8 pm on June 20, there is a high probability of a flash flood disaster (orange warning) in areas of the world. West Zhejiang and Northeast Jiangxi, in which there is a high probability of flash floods (red alert) in Northeast Jiangxi. Other areas can also experience flooding due to local heavy rains in a short time.

Since June this year, the southern region of China has suffered from heavy rains, river levels in many provinces have skyrocketed and caused severe flooding, according to Jiemian News (China). Songxi county, Fujian province suffered the biggest flood in history, when an urban area was submerged and a wooden building in a village in Rongshui, Guangxi collapsed, killing five people. . China's Ministry of Water Resources also warned of a possible major flood in the Pearl River basin.

The Fujian Provincial Flood Prevention and Control Office on June 19 said that from 8 a.m. on June 5 to 6 a.m. on June 19, the amount of rainwater measured in 987 towns and townships in 82 counties in the province exceeded 250 mm, of which 409 towns and townships in 61 districts exceed 400 mm and 30 towns and townships in 9 districts exceed 600 mm. From 6 a.m. on June 18 to 6 a.m. on June 19, the rainfall in 116 towns and townships of 18 districts in the province exceeded 50 mm, of which 53 towns and towns of 6 districts exceeded 100 mm.

According to the China weather forecast network, on June 18, the daily rainfall in Songxi county, Fujian province exceeded 225.6 mm, setting a new record for the daily rainfall measured in this locality.

According to the latest report from CCTV, on the morning of June 19, the water level of the Song Khe river basin fell below the guaranteed water level. According to the local fire department, flood water at the scene has basically receded, and evacuation and dredging work is underway.

In Guangxi, according to a report by the Emergency Management Authority on June 18, heavy rains affected 2.349 million people in 110 counties and 14 cities across the region, 145,000 people were taken to safety. emergency and 307,000 people in need of emergency living assistance, 10,600 houses were damaged to varying degrees.

Some pictures of severe floods in China:

On June 18, heavy rain fell in many places in Nanping city, Fujian province. Affected by heavy rainfall, many places in Nam Binh city have experienced dangerous situations such as flooding and landslides of roadside talus roofs.

At the farmers market, the water was as deep as an adult's knee, causing many roadside shops to be flooded, while in low-lying residential areas, the deepest water was sometimes nearly two meters, many people were trapped because they could not move in time. time.

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