BEIJING: Days of rescue work in Zhuozhou, North China’s Hebei province, helped ensure the safety of flood-trapped residents as most of those affected have been relocated to safety and the city has enacted enhanced emergency supply responses to address interrupted water and power supplies.
Emergency rescue teams from many locations began leaving as most of the rescue work has been completed, the local government said on Friday.
Located about 80 kilometers southwest of Beijing, the county-level city began facing flooding from torrential rains earlier this week, with villages, residential communities and urban thoroughfares submerged and infrastructure heavily damaged.
To address power outages, State Grid Corp had dispatched more than 90 power-generating vehicles and over 200 generators by Friday.
To restore communications, three aerial base stations were sent from China Mobile, one of the country’s major telecom operators, on Wednesday.
As of Thursday morning, one of the stations had been put into operation to provide emergency communication support, according to the province’s emergency management department. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
