Rescue efforts underway amid heavy rain in east China
STORY: Rescue efforts underway amid heavy rain in east China
SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024
DATELINE: June 24, 2024
LENGTH: 0:00:43
LOCATION: HEFEI, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the heavy rain
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YIN YING, Party chief of Shuixinting Community, Tunxi District
STORYLINE:
Heavy rain battered Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, water in 99 of Huangshan's 188 reservoirs had risen above the danger level.
As of 3 p.m. Sunday, 54,109 people had been evacuated.
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YIN YING, Party chief of Shuixinting Community, Tunxi District
"At about 6 a.m., the flash flood from the mountain turned faster, inundating the Yuncun Road and surrounding communities. After we received the notice, we launched the emergency plan immediately. We piled up sandbags to block water and used pumps to drain water. We also evacuated the ground-floor residents to safe places. Now the rescue operation is still underway."
Xinhua News Agency correspondents rep
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