On July 11, several residents of Chongqing's Changshou District posted a video saying that the town of Changshou Yuntai had been flooded in the early hours of the same day, and the entire town was flooded. Multiple videos show that the flood water is relatively deep, and the first floor of some buildings has been submerged, and the streets that were once "rivers" have also become "rivers", and muddy floodwaters flow quickly through the streets......
The flooded streets of Yuntai Town. Screenshot of the video
On July 11, upstream news reporters contacted local residents in Shangyuntai Town, and Ms. Chen (pseudonym) told reporters: "The water rose at about 4:30 a.m. today (11th), the water rose very quickly, and the house was flooded, and now the water is still more than 1 meter deep, so I can only hide on the second floor." Now the rain has stopped and the water is slowly receding. Ms. Chen said that she and her family are safe at present, and there are no casualties in the surrounding neighbors.
Mr. Zhang, another resident of Yuntai Town, told reporters: "The street (Yuntai Road) where I live is okay and has not been flooded, but many places in the town have been flooded, and cars cannot drive in." ”
Regarding the sudden flood situation in Yuntai Town, the reporter contacted the Yuntai Town Government, and a staff member revealed: "There are no casualties for the time being, and we are providing disaster relief in an orderly manner." "The water flooded around four or five in the morning, and now the rain has stopped and the water is slowly receding." ”
Some of the rooms on the first floor facing the street were flooded. Screenshot of the video
Yuan Minxi, captain of the blue sky rescue team in Changshou District, participated in the rescue of the flood in Yuntai Town, and he told upstream news reporters: "At 4 o'clock this morning, the local emergency rescue department contacted me and said that the water in Yuntai Town rose and needed rescue, so I rushed to the scene. The water rose a bit suddenly, probably because of the torrential rain upstream, causing the ditch to rise and overflow. One of our team members went home at 12 a.m. to rest, and when he got the news, the excavator was flooded and he didn't have time to drive out. ”
Regarding the specific rescue situation, Yuan Minxi said: "Together with the local emergency rescue personnel, we transferred more than 10 people. The water is relatively deep, and many low-lying houses are basically flooded on the first floor. Some elderly people have inconvenient legs and feet, so they ran to the second and third floors. Now it looks like the situation is okay, the water is slowly receding, and the personnel are basically safe at present. "We are now in a local lumber mill to help move the timber and reduce the damage caused by the floods," he said. ”
In some places, the first floor was completely flooded. Video screenshots
The area affected by the flood is not only Yuntai Town, the situation report provided by the Emergency Management Bureau of Changshou District shows that from 20 o'clock on July 10 to 10 o'clock on July 11, the east and north streets of Changshou District generally fell to heavy rain, among them, 5 stations in 3 towns of Haitang Town, Yuntai Town, and Shiyan Town reached heavy rainfall. Among them, Haitang Station (209.2 mm) and Yuntai Station (206.2 mm) both received more than 200 mm of rainfall. In response to the rainfall, the district prevention and district command at 04 o'clock on July 11 to start flood control and geological disasters level IV emergency response, the main leaders of the district party committee and district government commanded from the front, gathered Changshou District Fire and Rescue Bureau, Chongqing professional emergency rescue Changshou detachment and other rescue forces to carry out rescue immediately, as of now (12:30 on July 11), 669 people have been evacuated urgently, and there are no casualties in the whole district.
Upstream news reporter Zhao Yingji intern Wang Zirui