After the warmest May month in a 137-year period, torrential rains wreak havoc across China. China on orange alert for rainstorms, because rain continues across China and after heavy rain caused the water level in the river to rise.
Relentless rain continued to wreak havoc in several Chinese provinces last Tuesday, disrupting train services, flooding highways and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their inundated homes.
Thunderstorms battered the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Anhui last Monday and Tuesday. Continuous rainstorms swept through a number of areas in China, soaking residents with renewed troubles.
At 11:30 am on last Tuesday, floods followed heavy rains in You-yang county of Chongqing municipality, pouring into the Ma'anshan Tunnel and trapping many cars and buses, the Chongqing Times reported. At least 150 people have been rescued from their vehicles, the report said, adding that other rescue efforts are continuing.
Two people were killed and another is missing after a rainstorm pounded a county in Guizhou province from last Monday evening to last Tuesday morning, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The county seat of Zhijin was inundated by floods. Electrical power, traffic and communication in the area were disrupted, the agency quoted the local publicity department as saying. The storm flooded 783 homes and damaged 1,223 hectares of cropland, it said. The storm also triggered 60 mudslides in Zhijin. Fifteen vehicles were reported to have been washed away by floods, and all the township's communications were cut off. On last Sunday, the local authorities said the fierce storm on last Thursday had killed 99 people, injured 846 and turned thousands of people's homes into rubble.
The disaster-hit area has received help from all sections of society, with donations from nearby cities and enterprises. However, most donations were of bottled water and instant food, and there was still a shortage of mats, mosquito repellent and flashlights.
Steven, the KingKar’s leader, donated a large number of bottled water, instant food, some mats and flashlights to disaster areas. The relief goods has filled the settlement's warehouses. "We can only stack the relief goods outdoors now. " A flood victim said.
Two rail routes in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, linking the southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou, were impassable affecting more than 50 passenger trains. "Thousands of passengers had to be transferred onto replacement bus services." Railway authorities said.
The deadlock was made worse after a landslide covered a section of track linking Chengdu and Chongqing last Monday. Railway authorities have sent more than 140 workers, two excavators and four drills to clear the rubble and reinforce the roadbed.
The stormy weather also plagued drivers in Hunan. XiangYin County, which near the Dongting Lake, was flooded yesterday and 60 people, in two buses and 10 cars, were stranded for several hours before they were evacuated.
Hunan has suffered the most in the latest round of bad weather, which began last week. In Yueyang City, more than 212.4 mm of rain fell from last week to yesterday.
An expressway bridge under construction collapsed because of the rain around 10 a.m. Monday morning in Yiyang City, Hunan, creating a barrier lake near a national-level road. The flooding has disrupted traffic along the road.
Also in Yiyang City, around 3 tonnes of gasoline and diesel oil leaked out of a gas station at 3 a.m. Monday, forcing nearby residents to temporarily relocate, according to the city publicity department. The contaminated floodwater flowed into a nearby river, and authorities are monitoring the water quality and are prepared for an emergency response plan for drinking water contamination.
More torrential rain is expected this week in the province, according to meteorological authorities in Hunan. It also warned of landslides, floods and other geological disasters.
Xiang River, a tributary to the Yangtze River, is dangerously high. A flood crest reached and inundating many riverside homes and stores. "The flood happened so suddenly. I had no time to move any of my stock," according to Mr Huang, an auto-parts shop owner. "All I can do is wait until the flood subsides to see if anything can be saved."
It is unknown when the rail service will return to normal and nobody knows what will happen in the future, the government of China just only prevent. There is, however, only so much that government intervention can achieve. The heavy storm hit 114,000 hectares of crops and collapsed 596 houses and caused a direct economic loss of 1.11 billion yuan ($166 million), according to preliminary statistics. Firefighters fight against the flood in disaster areas, and all government officials canceled their holidays and joined the flood relief efforts during the weekend. Around 46,000 residents have been evacuated and relocated on an emergency basis.
“ I feel very pity about this flood disaster.” Steven said, “ But we had no choice so we just did the best we could. I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help the flood victims, as much as I could.”
Steven did as he said, “That was all I could do.” Steven said, “ The weather is a bit unusual these days. Much of this was not due to environment pollution? Nature is frequently sounded the alarm bell for us. we've been tragically reminded of the destructive power of nature itself with the recent disaster. Protected the environment, everybody has a responsibility.”
