Disaster relief work is continuing after torrential rain triggered mountain torrents in Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province.
According to the office of provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, as of Saturday night, the disaster had caused 15 deaths, and left 28 people missing, 15 people injured, with 9,828 people urgently evacuated and resettled.
Flooding damaged part of the main water supply pipeline at the Xinglong Water Plant in Yuzhong County. A professional emergency repair team began at Friday noon to install temporary water supply pipelines.
Currently, water supply has been restored in three townships of Xiaguanying, Chengguan, and Xiaokangying, and able to meet regular need for 12,000 people.
After the flash floods damaged 51 road sections totaling 102.2 kilometers in Yuzhong, the roads to all affected villages had been cleared by 18:00 on Saturday, allowing emergency rescue personnel to pass through.
Meanwhile, hundreds of officers and soldiers from the Gansu crops of the People's Armed Police (PAP) also rushed to the disaster-stricken areas to carry out rescue operations with villagers.
The PAP officers and soldiers conducted thorough searches for the trapped people and used drones to survey difficult-to-reach areas.
Rescue forces are also carrying out emergency repairs on a major road connecting severely affected areas of the county, as the mountain torrent pouring down along the river destroyed the roadbed and a bridge along the way.
As of 17:00 Saturday, the rescue team had dredged 500 meters of the river in the flooded section of the road, and successfully opened up three kilometers of road from Yuzhong County seat to Mapo Township. The work is still in full swing.
Relief efforts underway in flood-hit Gansu Province
