Nanchuan of Chongqing 21,000 people hit by torrential rain disaster-affected Chongqing 2 missing | | rainstorm _ news

CNS, Zhongqing, August 11 (reporter Lian Xiao)-nanchuan District Government of Chongqing said on 11th, from August 9 to 11th, the area suffered the worst rainstorm since 1951 on record.

Meteorological monitoring displayed, from August 9 evening began, Chongqing nanchuan district heavy rain, the district 58 a rainfall station in the, cumulative rainfall has 4 a reached Cloudburst (100 mm), 12 a reached storm (50 mm), which rainfall maximum of San Quan Zhen cumulative rainfall reached 305.2 mm, 24 hours rainfall reached 258.6 mm, most rain strong reached each hours 82.4 mm, is the district has meteorological records yilai maximum of once storm.

As of 11th at 18 o'clock in the afternoon statistics, 18 towns, streets, nanchuan district caused by heavy rains in Chongqing to varying degrees affected. Affected population in the area of 21,000 people, emergency shelter 360, 2 Highway workers were missing. The district rice, and corn, and vegetable, and fruit, crop affected 8990 acres, which more than 2,760 over acres crops; pig death more than 290 over head, collapsed bar homes 4371 square meters, aquatic farming damaged 99 acres, and loss into fish 33 tons; housing collapsed 32 households, and 136 between; Highway damaged more than 30 over at, Yu road (province road S104) three Springs segment due to more at landslide full interrupted.

In affected most serious of San Quan Zhen, and Mountain King ping town, Poles collapsed more than 180 over root, and 26 km, transformer washed away 3 Taiwan, caused more than 4,020 over households more than 13,000 over people blackout; 16 a mobile base station damaged, caused big area mobile communications interrupted; town water interrupted, shops affected more than 60 over households; 1 Taiwan car was flood volume go, 12 Taiwan car, and 24 Taiwan motorcycle damaged serious.

After the disaster, immediately launched emergency plans, nanchuan district of Chongqing. The afternoon of August 11, nanchuan district Party Committee Secretary Li Dianxun Chinese Communists chaired a special meeting to study the deployment of disaster relief work, nanchuan District Administration Chief Cao qingyao, led to the San Quan Zhen, Shan Wang Ping Zhen Huang affected first-direct relief work.

At present, rescuers are struggling to search for 2 missing personnel, and village officials in the affected villages and towns have organized agencies grouped into rural households viewing disasters, to help the disaster relief. Local civil affairs, transport, electricity, telecommunications, water supply, disease prevention and other emergency teams are working in disaster rescue and relief work.

(Original title: nanchuan, Chongqing heavy rain disaster 21,000 people affected 2 missing)

(Edit: SN182)
20:38 on August 11, 2014 China News Network