(FOCUS) CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-DONGTING LAKE-DIKE BREACH-RESETTLEMENT SITE(CN)

(FOCUS) CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-DONGTING LAKE-DIKE BREACH-RESETTLEMENT SITE(CN)

(240707) -- HUARONG, July 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A medical worker measures blood pressure for a relocated resident at a makeshift resettlement site in a vocational school in Huarong County, Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, July 7, 2024. At 5:48 p.m. on Friday, a Dongting Lake dike burst in Tuanzhou Township, Huarong County, administered by the city of Yueyang in Hunan Province, causing flooding in the area. The breach was initially about 10 meters wide but later expanded. Following the immediate relocation of around 5,000 residents from the affected area, urgent measures have been taken to repair the breach. As of Sunday noon, 75 meters of the 226-meter breach in the dike had been sealed, according to the Yueyang flood control and drought relief headquarters. According to the Yueyang flood control and drought relief headquarters, 4,739 rescuers have rushed to join the frontlines as of 2 p.m. on Sunday. At present, Huarong County has set up four evacuation and resettlement site

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