chinadaily.com.cn
    left corner left corner
    China Daily Website

    Beijing flood death toll hits 77

    Updated: 2012-07-27 03:11
    By Zhen Xin and Tan Zongyang ( China Daily)

    Highways to get water indicators as people battle to resume normal life

    The death toll from the storm that lashed the capital on Saturday climbed to 77, as more bodies were retrieved, the Beijing municipal government said on Thursday night.

    Beijing flood death toll hits 77

    Residents rest outside their tents at a community in Guangqumen, Beijing’s Dongcheng district, on Wednesday. The residents once lived in basements, which were flooded in the downpour on Saturday, and have been living in tents since then.

    Eleven of the bodies have yet to be identified.

    Of the 66 identified victims, five perished in the line of duty, according to the Information Office of the municipal government.

    Of the remaining 61 civilian victims, 36 men and 25 women, 46 drowned and five died from electric shock. Collapsed buildings claimed three lives, two people were struck by flood debris and two died from trauma-induced shock.

    Falling objects killed two people and one person was hit by lightning.

    The massive debris flow made search operations more difficult, and this caused a delay in the government releasing figures, said Pan Anjun, deputy head of the municipal flood control and drought relief headquarters. Identification procedures had to be carried out thoroughly, he said.

    The government will continue search efforts but there are no further reports of missing people, the information office said. The heaviest rain in more than six decades battered the capital on Saturday, with the average precipitation reaching 170 mm while a town, in the suburban district of Fangshan, saw 460 mm.

    Rain: Drivers urged to take precautions

    Homes have been flooded and people are staying at temporary shelters.

    Homes beneath ground level in a neighborhood at the northwestern corner of the Guangqumen Bridge were flooded, forcing more than 300 residents to seek temporary shelter.

    More than 100 of the residents are now living in ten tents, donated by individuals, in the square outside the building.

    "The flood rushed into the basement so quickly that you had hardly any time to clear away any of your stuff," said Zhang Junfeng, a 28-year-old saleswoman in a supermarket in Beijing.

    "I only had time to grab my mobile phone and my purse as the water rose to my chest in just a few minutes.

    "We hope the government can find us a place to live, instead of the tents," she said.

    To protect drivers, alert lines, indicating water levels, will be put on specific highways and underpasses.

    The yellow warning line will be 20 centimeters above ground, alerting drivers to proceed with caution while the red line, prohibiting further driving, is 27 centimeters above ground.

    The lines will be easily identifiable, according to the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.

    The move follows the death of a 34-year-old driver who drowned when a four-meter flash flood engulfed his vehicle near Guangqumen Bridge on Saturday. The automatic windows failed to function under the water.

    "Warning signs indicating water levels on all low-lying underpasses will be of great help for drivers," said Guo Mingfeng, a 45-year-old taxi driver who has been driving for more than 20 years.

    Yang Qingyuan, an expert in escape training in Beijing, said it is also important to take precautionary measures such as having a fire extinguisher, a knife, some gloves and a hammer in the vehicle.

    A downpour, widely forecast to hit Beijing on Wednesday, bypassed the capital but battered the neighboring city of Tianjin.

    Thursday morning saw more than 300 mm of rain, Tianjin's meteorological center said with the outer Xiqing district, one of the worst-hit areas, receiving 345 mm.

    There were no reports of drowning but four people suffered electric shock and were being treated at hospital, according to the Tianjin Emergency Medical Center.

    Meanwhile, in Hebei province, 32 people were confirmed dead and another 20 are missing after a storm over the weekend, provincial authorities said on Thursday. More than 2.66 million people had been directly affected by the storm that flooded 59 counties in the province, according to the provincial civil affairs bureau.

    Among the victims, 13 were killed in Yesanpo, a scenic spot in Laishui county, which neighbors Beijing's Fangshan district. About 28,540 houses were destroyed and 170,710 hectares of cropland were inundated.

    Direct economic losses totaled more than 12.28 billion yuan ($1.92 billion).

    Local governments had to relocate 226,600 people to safer areas. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs allotted 70 million yuan to Hebei for disaster relief.

    Storms have hit 22 provincial-level regions in China since July 20.

    Contact the writers at zhengxin@chinadaily.com.cn and tanzongyang@chinadaily.com.cn

     

    8.03K
     
    ...
    ...
    ...
    国产日产欧洲无码视频无遮挡| 中文字幕精品一区影音先锋| 中文字幕精品一区影音先锋| 精品国产a∨无码一区二区三区| 人妻精品久久久久中文字幕 | 中文字幕在线精品视频入口一区| 国产AV无码专区亚洲AWWW| 欧美 亚洲 有码中文字幕| 色综合久久中文字幕无码| 人妻精品久久久久中文字幕| 无码人妻精品中文字幕免费东京热 | 亚洲AV永久无码精品一百度影院| 人妻丝袜中文无码av影音先锋专区 | 中文字幕日韩理论在线| 色吊丝中文字幕| 国产成人无码免费看片软件| 无码中文字幕乱在线观看| 亚洲色无码专区在线观看| 在线欧美天码中文字幕| 久久综合中文字幕| 香蕉伊蕉伊中文视频在线| 亚洲高清无码专区视频| 国产精品无码久久久久| 国产高新无码在线观看| 国产∨亚洲V天堂无码久久久| 久久久久亚洲AV无码网站| 无码少妇精品一区二区免费动态| 大桥久未无码吹潮在线观看| 蜜桃臀AV高潮无码| 日韩AV无码一区二区三区不卡毛片| 日本不卡中文字幕| 国产精品中文字幕在线观看| 日本一区二区三区精品中文字幕| 亚洲日产无码中文字幕| 日韩中文字幕一区| 精品久久久久中文字幕一区| 在线亚洲欧美中文精品| 国产成人无码区免费内射一片色欲| 日韩精品无码免费专区网站| 中文字幕日韩精品无码内射| 日韩AV无码久久一区二区|