Dike Breach Repair - China
An aerial drone photo taken on August 14, 2024 shows rescuers placing sandbags at the site of a dike breach in Taipingdi Town of Chifeng City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The dike breach at a river in Inner Mongolia was sealed at 2:13 p.m. Wednesday, causing no casualties, according to the local drought relief and flood control headquarters. The dike breach, which measured over 10 meters in width, occurred at about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Laoha River in Taipingdi Town of Chifeng City, forcing over 800 residents to evacuate and affecting some 600 hectares of farmland. Over 800 rescue personnel from armed police, firefighting, public security, emergency management and other departments were mobilized to seal the breach. Photo by Bei He/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA003154438
- Registered date
- 2024/8/14 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua/ABACA
- Media size
- 5280 × 2970 pixel
- Deployment size
- 2.99(MB)*
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