Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, many places in the central urban area of Pingjiang County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province have been waterlogged, and the water level in the urban area has broken a 70-year record.
In the early morning of July 2, 2024, rescuers from a team of the Hunan Armed Police drove a search and rescue boat to search and rescue trapped people in the urban area. China News Service reporter Yang Huafeng/Visual China Photo
At 21:30 on July 1, Pingjiang County has launched a flood control level I emergency response. All cadres and workers in the county have been engaged in flood fighting and rescue in a wartime state, urgently transferring the masses in dangerous areas, and doing a good job in flood prevention and disaster relief.
The scene of the flooding was filmed in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, on July 1. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Ben
On July 1, in Daxi Village, Tianyue Street, Pingjiang County, Hunan, volunteers were transferring people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Ben
At 01:20 on July 2, the Yueyang Hydrology and Water Resources Survey Center issued a water situation express: at 00:30 on July 2, the flood peak water level of 77.67 meters appeared at the Pingjiang Station of the main stream of the Miluo River, exceeding the warning water level (70.50 meters) by 7.17 meters and exceeding the guaranteed water level (74.00 meters) by 3.67 meters.
The reporter learned from the Hunan Provincial Hydrological and Water Resources Survey Center that as of 10 o'clock on July 2, the water level of the Pingjiang Station of the Miluo River had dropped to 76.85 meters, a decrease of 0.82 meters compared with the flood peak water level of 77.67 meters.
Waterlogging in many places in the urban area, and the water level is approaching the traffic light
Heavy rain is like a note. It is understood that since June 18, the rainfall in Pingjiang County has been as high as 759.6 mm, which is the highest value for the same period since meteorological records began in 1961.
In the early morning of July 2, 2024, in Pingjiang, Hunan, torrential rain was pouring in, and rescuers waited on the shore for search and rescue boats to transfer trapped people. Photo by China News Service reporter Yang Huafeng
As of 19 o'clock on the 1st, a total of 190 reservoirs in the county overflowed. A total of 7,000 meters of embankments in Pingjiang County overflowed, and the county was waterlogged after a short period of heavy rainfall, with a local water depth of 3 meters, and the water level approached the height of the traffic light. Many towns and villages in Pingjiang were seriously flooded, with landslides, road disruptions, house collapses, and flooding in many places.
At 00:30 on July 2, the peak water level of 77.67 meters appeared at Pingjiang Station, the main stream of the Miluo River, exceeding the warning water level of 7.17 meters, the highest water level since 1954.
As of 10 o'clock on July 2, the water level of Pingjiang Station of Miluo River has dropped to 76.85 meters, and the water level is gradually falling.
The scene of the flooding was filmed in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, on July 1. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan
On July 1, in Daxi Village, Tianyue Street, Pingjiang County, Hunan, volunteers were transferring people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Ben
In the early morning of July 2, 2024, in Pingjiang, Hunan, the first floor of some houses in the urban area has been flooded. China News Service reporter Yang Huafeng/Visual China Photo
In the early morning of July 2, 2024, in Pingjiang, Hunan, the urban area was seriously waterlogged, and the water level was approaching the road section sign. The picture shows rescuers from a team of the Hunan Armed Police driving a search and rescue boat to search and rescue trapped people in the urban area. China News Service reporter Yang Huafeng/Visual China Photo
On July 1, a severe flood disaster occurred in the county seat of Pingjiang County. New Hunan client diagram
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, transfer the people in the flooded areas, and gradually do a good job in the resettlement of the affected people.
On July 1, in Daxi Village, Tianyue Street, Pingjiang County, Hunan, militia was moving the masses. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan
Firefighters are transferring a baby. @湖南消防 Fig
On July 1, in Daxi Village, Sanyang Township, Pingjiang County, the militia and village cadres of the People's Armed Forces Department of Pingjiang County were transferring the trapped people. New Hunan client diagram
On July 1, in Daxi Village, Tianyue Street, Pingjiang County, the militia was moving the masses. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan
On July 1, in Daxi Village, Tianyue Street, Pingjiang County, the militia was moving the masses. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan
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