Heavy rains hit several towns and streets in Bazhong, Sichuan, and thousands of people were displaced by flooding.
Bazhong, China, June 20th (Miao Zhiyong, Liu Ting) On the morning of June 19th to 20th, due to the continuous heavy rainfall, flash floods occurred in Enyang District and Tongjiang County of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, and the pavements of several township streets were flooded, resulting in road collapse and damage to communication and power facilities. After the flood, the local area is rapidly transferring threatened people, and no news of casualties has been received yet.
The reporter learned from the Bazhong City Emergency Management Bureau on the morning of the 20th that at present, the bureau has received preliminary reports from the district and county meteorological bureaus and the Natural Resources and Planning Administration, and no casualties have been reported. Among them, there are different degrees of flood in Yushan Town and Qunle Town of Enyang District. Some houses in Yushan District of Enyang District have collapsed and ponds have leaked, and there are floods in Bixi Town and Anzhen Town of Tongjiang County. The emergency management department and fire department of Bazhong City have quickly rushed to the scene for disaster relief.
According to the emergency management bureau of Enyang District, Bazhong City, the water depth of the street in Chaba Town, Enyang District has exceeded 70 cm, three people have been rescued from the water, and thousands of people are moving. At present, no reports of missing persons have been received. In addition, there are many towns and villages in Enyang District with rainfall exceeding 100 mm, and the emergency management department is verifying the disaster situation.
According to the weather report of Bazhong Meteorological Observatory: from 20: 00 on June 19th to 07: 00 on June 20th, the rainfall in Bazhong City was generally heavy, with heavy rains in Bazhou District, Enyang District and Tongjiang County, and heavy rains in some stations. There are 14 stations with rainfall exceeding 100mm (Enyang District: Guangong 196.1mm, Chaba 178.2mm, Shuangsheng 158.1mm, Qunle 149.4mm, Wufeng 148.1mm, Yushan 125.3mm, Tiangong 122.1mm, Guanyinjing 106.7mm and Lefeng 106.7mm; Tongjiang County: Bixi 165.8 mm, Shaxi 131 mm, Huotiangang 120.3 mm, Shengli 106.1 mm, Shaping 99.5 mm), and the maximum rainfall is enyang Guangong 196.1 mm. In addition, the rainfall of 77 stations exceeded 25mm, and that of 30 stations exceeded 50mm. It is expected that the weather in Bazhong will turn from heavy rain to showers in the next 24 hours.