Heavy rainfall caused 5 deaths and 290,000 people in Chuxiong, Yunnan Province to be affected by the disaster.
Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, September 24th (Reporter Ji Zhepeng) The reporter learned from the Disaster Reduction Committee of weichu, Yunnan Province and the State Civil Affairs Bureau on the 24th that since September, six counties in northern Chuxiong Prefecture, Yuanmou, Yongren, Dayao, Wuding, Lufeng and Mouding, have experienced torrential rains once in 30 years, and heavy rainfall has caused mountain torrents and mudslides. As of 23: 30 on the 23rd, the disaster has caused more than 84,000 households and more than 290,000 people in 10 counties and cities in Quanzhou to be affected, with 5 people killed, 2 missing and 7 injured. At present, various disaster relief work has been carried out in an orderly manner.
Since September, the average rainfall in Chuxiong Prefecture has reached 224 mm, 135 mm more than the same period in previous years, setting a new record for the largest rainfall in the same period in history. Among them, the rainfall process from 16th to 20th is the strongest precipitation weather process in Quanzhou since the flood season this year, which is rare in the same period of history.
Heavy rainfall caused catastrophic mountain torrents and mudslides in Yuanmou County, forming two dammed lakes, which caused the interruption between Hongjiang and Cucumber Park in chengdu-kunming railway. A slope collapse occurred in the uplink of Kunming-Chu Expressway, which caused traffic disruption in the direction from Chuxiong to Kunming. The state’s agricultural crops were affected by 9026.8 hectares, 415 households with 1052 houses collapsed, 3 schools with 64 rooms with 1735 square meters collapsed, and a large number of roads, water conservancy facilities, communication and power facilities were damaged, resulting in serious economic losses.
After the disaster occurred, the Disaster Reduction Committee of Chuxiong Prefecture launched the Class III emergency response of natural disaster relief in Chuxiong Prefecture on September 18th, and the state finance allocated 4.6 million yuan for emergency relief. The water affairs, transportation, land, civil affairs, fire protection and other departments organized their efforts to rescue the dam pond and reservoir, and repaired the Tongcun highway that dredged the landslide. At present, the state has invested more than 16,000 rescue and relief forces and dispatched more than 1,600 mechanical vehicles to ensure the smooth lifeline of disaster areas and the smooth development of disaster relief work.
At the same time, public security, fire control and other departments sent working groups to further increase the search and rescue efforts for missing persons. At present, a missing person who was washed away by mudslides in Zhenhao Village, Cucumber Garden, Yuanmou County was searched at 7 am on the 23rd to confirm his death. Two missing persons in Wuding County are still in full search.
After a day-and-night struggle by kunming railway administration, China Railway and other units, at 11: 31 on the 23rd, the entire line of chengdu-kunming railway, which had been suspended for six days due to the mudslide disaster, was rushed through, and the passenger trains on Chengdu-Kunming Line will fully resume normal operation on the 24th. At present, the diversion channels of Hailuo and Zhubu dammed lakes formed by the "9.17" catastrophic mudslide in Yuanmou County have been fully opened and the water level has begun to drop.
According to statistics, at present, 2,539 households with 8,220 people have been resettled in Chuxiong Prefecture, and the injured people have been properly treated.