20 people are dead and missing after heavy rain hit Sichuan

A new round of heavy rain began on July 4, which hit most of Sichuan Province, causing severe disaster in some areas By the time of press release at 16:00, heavy rain had killed 8 people in the province, 12 people were missing, and many water conservancy projects and traffic projects were damaged The detailed disaster situation is under further statistical verification The reporter learned from the flood control office of Sichuan province that from 8:00 on the 4th to 8:00 on the 5th, in addition to the price of Panzhihua, there was moderate to heavy rain in Sichuan Province, and most of the basins had heavy rain Affected by the rainfall, some rivers in Sichuan once exceeded the warning water level, of which, at 2:20 on the 5th, Suji station of Emei River, a tributary of Dadu River, exceeded the warning water level by 0.12 m, and at 0:18 on the 5th, hedibao station of Longxi River, a tributary of Minjiang River, exceeded the warning water level by 0.1 M by 8:00 on the 5th, the water levels of the above stations had all fallen below the warning water level Heavy rainfall has caused severe damage in some parts of Sichuan Province In Shimian County, the traffic of national highway 108 and provincial highway 211 was interrupted, and many townships (towns) were affected to varying degrees Chongzhou City, Pengzhou City and Pixian County of Chengdu were affected Forty seven thousand people were affected in 36 towns and townships in three cities (counties) including Mianzhu, Shifang and Jingyang in Deyang City, 35000 mu of crops were affected, 490 people were transferred, and many water conservancy and transportation projects were damaged By the time of press release at 16:00, heavy rainfall had killed 8 people in Shimian County and Qingchuan County, and 12 people were missing The detailed disaster situation of the whole province is under further statistical verification Reporters from the Ya'an Foreign Publicity Office of Sichuan province learned at 14:00 on the 5th that Shimian County of the city was hit by heavy rain on the evening of the 4th So far, a total of 8 people have been killed and 11 missing Before the disaster, more than 4700 people were urgently transferred Four village cadres fell into the water while transferring the victims, three of whom were rescued (one injured) and one died.