Infrastructure repairs and restoration efforts are underway in Maliantan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province after continuous heavy rainfall triggered mountain torrents.
The torrential rain began pounding Yuzhong, which is under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital city of Lanzhou, and other areas of Lanzhou on Thursday evening, with the maximum precipitation reaching 220.2 mm by Friday noon.
Several townships in Yuzhong have been seriously affected, with severe damage to roads, power supply, communication and other facilities.
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.
In Maliantan, the torrents have triggered debris flows from the mountains, resulting in the accumulation of rocks in the river channel, with some more than one meter high.
Houses along the river channel have been mostly destroyed by the floods.
As Maliantan marks a crucial route to other affected villages, road restoration efforts have begun since Saturday.
Rescue workers have been using heavy machinery to clear rocks from the river channel and installing pipes to facilitate the discharge of flood.
Through their extensive efforts, an emergency road has been restored, enabling supplies and rescue forces to reach the severely affected villages.
Repairs to power and communications infrastructure are also progressing smoothly. So far, all main power lines in the disaster-stricken areas have been restored, and plans for rebuilding the power grid are underway.
Through the deployment of communication support vehicles and the maintenance of base stations, voice calls in the hardest-hit villages have largely been restored.
Infrastructure repairs underway in flood-hit village in Gansu
