Heavy rainstorms spawned by strong convection weather has caused severe flooding and traffic disruption in rural areas in central China's Hunan Province and east China's Jiangxi Province, with local authorities mobilizing emergency forces for rescue and disaster relief.
A serious landslide occurred in the storm-hit area of Yizhang County of Hunan Province, causing river water levels to rise, flooding nearby areas.
The landslide has also cut off a road leading to a village in the county's Jiangshui Township, and the local authorities quickly summoned excavators on Sunday morning for clearing work.
After three hours of work, thick muds obstructing the road have been basically cleared, allowing vehicles with higher chassis to pass.
The heavy rainstorm has caused varying degrees of damage to 11 villages in Jiangshui Township. At present, local rainfall has stopped and river levels are falling, according to local authorities.
"The water level rose as high as here when the flood hit, and now it is slowly receding," said a villager named Liao Kailian.
Heavy rainfall also caused a landslide on a road in Dayu County in Jiangxi, with muds, stones, and broken trees blocking the road.
The local department immediately closed the road and organized emergency personnel and machinery to the affected area.
However, the intermittent rainfall has slowed the cleaning speed, and the road section is expected to be open to traffic on Monday, according to emergency personnel.
Heavy rainstorms cause severe flooding, traffic disruption in Hunan, Jiangxi
China has opened a new chapter of lunar exploration with the successful launch of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft on Friday.
A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 spacecraft, blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of China's southern island province of Hainan at 17:27 (Beijing Time).
Approximately 37 minutes after liftoff, the Chang'e-6 spacecraft separated from the rocket and entered its planned Earth-moon transfer orbit, which had a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of about 380,000 kilometers, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The launch of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft was a complete success, the CNSA announced.
The Chang'e-6 spacecraft, like its predecessor Chang'e-5, comprises an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner.
Regarded as one of the best open view sites, the beach at Qishui Bay in Longlou, a coastal town in Wenchang, attracted tens of thousands of people from all over the country to watch the launch.
"China is becoming more and more strong, and our technology is becoming more and more advanced," said one spectator.
"This is another exceptional, flawless launch, and I believe we have made a great start with a highly precise and accurate orbit insertion. We also wish the Chang'e-6 mission all the best," said Wang Jue, a technician at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
"The entire set of parameters for today's launch is excellent, laying a solid foundation for us. We will carry out trans-lunar injection, followed by lunar landing on the far side of the moon, sampling, takeoff from the far side of the moon, rendezvous and docking, and finally, the return from the moon to Earth," said Zhang Gao, another technician at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
China opens new chapter of lunar exploration with launch of Chang'e-6
