Reporters from the provincial Civil Affairs Department, the Provincial Emergency Office was informed that since June 16, the province part of the city of the state suffered severe storms and torrential debris flows. As at 17:00 on the 17th, heavy rain has caused flooding Liangshan, Mianyang, Kwong, Chengdu, Neijiang City (State) 10 counties (cities, districts) 21.1 million people were affected, the death tolls of 2 people, 32 people missing.
Sudden disaster caused by the provincial government leadership's attention. Provincial Secretary, Provincial People's Congress Liu Qibao, Provincial Governor Jiang Jufeng learned about in the report, the first time made important instructions, requiring great attention around the disaster mitigation and relief work, to effectively protect people's lives property.
Liu Qibao that forces should be organized in time to rescue trapped workers, resettled affected people, to minimize casualties, and the aftermath. He stressed that the province has entered the main flood season, should attach great importance around the disaster mitigation and relief work, especially against Debris Flow timely start of the work, do a good job forecasting and early warning disaster temporary hedge, to protect people's lives property.
Jiang Jufeng requirements related to the leadership of the provincial government, departments and Liangshan to use all effective means to do everything possible to rescue trapped personnel safety out of danger, search for and rescue missing persons, disaster rescue and strengthen the geological disaster area for monitoring, prevention, repair broken traffic channel, good placement of affected people and livelihood security, deal with the aftermath of the victims. At the same time to strengthen the Ministry of Water Resources and other relevant state ministries and convergence, for guidance and support. For the province part of the city of the state suffered heavy rains caused floods, he asked the province to secure the surface of the flood season of the re-deployment arrangements for flood relief and resettlement affected people's lives, self-help production and so on.
Preliminary statistics, disasters have caused Liangshan Mianning 2 dead, 16 missing, 2 others injured, the more the West County, 5 missing, 1 injured, Ganluo cool red power plant construction workers trapped in cave 13. Liangshan 34 affected townships, the affected population of nearly 2 million people evacuated more than 120 households, more than 500 people, nearly 7000 drinking water. An area of 23000 acres of crops affected, some power plants and local power grids, communication facilities, water infrastructure damaged to varying degrees. Chengdu-Kunming Railway ganluo segment, the more western part of the interrupt, the train stranded. Iasi Liangshan section of the highway, State Road 108 and Highway 208 cable lines, 307 lines, 103 lines severely damaged, resulting in a large number of vehicles stranded.
For severe storm and flood disaster in Sichuan Province, the National Disaster Reduction Committee, Ministry of Civil Affairs on the emergency start at 17:00 on the 17th national levels disaster emergency response, sent a work team to the disaster area, see the disaster, to assist in disaster relief work.
Provincial Disaster Reduction Committee, the Provincial Civil Affairs Department was at 10:30 on the 17th started four disaster emergency response, and sent a work team Mianning guide disaster relief work. Liangshan quickly set up rescue and relief work headquarters, activate contingency plans, emergency relief funds allocated 2 million yuan, and the organization of personnel for Mianning, the more the West, ganluo three counties disaster scene to carry out rescue and relief work. Source: Sichuan Daily
