The water level in the urban area broke a 70-year record: Official: A letter to the old folks, experts say that escape knowledge is more important

Zhu Feng Shenkan

2024-07-02 08:27

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At 22 o'clock on July 1, the flood control and drought relief headquarters of Pingjiang County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province issued a letter to the county's fathers and villagers, the main content of the book: strengthen confidence and overcome difficulties together. The rainfall situation was also reported in detail: 762.4 mm of rainfall fell at Pingjiang Station, and Pingjiang County suffered the longest-lasting, most intense, and most rainfall flood since meteorological records began.

According to relevant media reports: 190 reservoirs overflowed. In the past 48 hours, the water level at the Pingjiang station of the Miluo River has risen by as much as 9.5 meters. A total of 7,000 meters of embankments in Pingjiang County overflowed, and the county was waterlogged after a short period of heavy rainfall, and the local water was up to 3 meters deep.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Pingjiang County Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, the county has dispatched 166 professional rescue teams, 15,539 flood fighting and rescue personnel, and 1,695 sets of large-scale rescue equipment to deal with the danger of the embankment.

Experts say that the top priority now is to tell the people how to escape when the flood comes, and only when human lives exist can they strengthen their confidence.

Experts tell you how to escape and save yourself when the flood comes:

1. Move to higher places. When a flood comes, the first thing to do is to move to high places such as hillsides, high ground, and buildings as soon as possible, or immediately climb on roofs, upper floors of buildings, large trees, high walls, etc., to take temporary shelter.

2. Make a simple life-saving device. If it is too late to transfer, you can use door panels, tables and chairs, wooden beds, styrofoam and other items with a certain buoyancy to be bundled together to make a simple life-saving device.

3. Avoid swimming and escaping. If you are surrounded by floodwaters, do not swim to escape, do not climb electrified telephone poles, iron towers, or climb to the roof of mud houses.

4. Call for help in time. Try to get in touch with the local government's flood control department as soon as possible, report your location and danger, seek rescue, and use brightly colored objects to send out distress signals.

5. Avoid entering deep water areas. When wading through the water, avoid deep water areas and rapids, and use tools such as long sticks to probe and walk to ensure safety.

Finally, you should pay attention to the weather forecast, prepare for family protection, learn disaster prevention and mitigation knowledge, develop the habit of paying attention to the weather forecast, and keep abreast of weather changes.

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