What about the casualties of local flash floods and mudslides in Wenxian County, Gansu Province?

On August 8th, I learned from the government department of Wenxian County, Longnan City, Gansu Province that there was a local flood and debris flow disaster in this county. As of the morning of the 8th, * * * caused 7 deaths and 2 people lost contact.

from the evening of 6th to the morning of 7th, local heavy rainfall occurred in Tianchi Town, Liping Town and Sheshu Township of Wenxian County, which caused local floods and mudslides, and some village houses were destroyed, power, communication and roads were interrupted, and irrigation canals and drinking water pipes for people and livestock were seriously damaged.

From the morning of the 7th, Longnan organized multi-departments to carry out disaster relief. Up to now, nearly 1, affected people have been relocated to safe areas. At the same time, the search and rescue team has gone to the affected villages to search for the missing persons, and the bodies of many missing persons have been found. As of the morning of the 8th, the disaster * * * caused 7 deaths and 2 people lost contact.

At present, the detailed disaster situation is being further verified and counted, and the search and rescue of the lost persons, the resettlement of the masses and the emergency repair of infrastructure are being carried out in an orderly manner.

Previous disaster:

From 22: p.m. on August 6th to 7: a.m. on August 7th, there was heavy precipitation in Longnan City, Gansu Province. After preliminary verification, heavy rainfall caused damage to infrastructure such as township houses, road traffic and communications, which seriously affected people's travel.

Some houses in Tianchi Town, Liping Town and sanxiang town, Sheshu Township collapsed or were damaged, communication and electricity were interrupted, many county and village roads collapsed, some irrigation canals and drinking water pipes for people and livestock were damaged, and crops were affected to varying degrees.