Rescue operations underway as flood batters southwest China’s Sichuan
Rescue operations are underway after recent rain-triggered floods destroyed roads and trapped residents in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
In Leshan City, heavy rain caused mountain torrents in a village Thursday, trapping an old man in the middle of a river channel.
Rescuers threw a rope and a life jacket to the old man while two firefighters were lifted in a crane suspended man-basket towards him to bring him to safety.
Flood also submerged roads in Lushan County Thursday and left two villagers trapped for six hours.
Due to continuous heavy rainfall, many roads in the county were disrupted, and large machineries could not reach the site in time. Firefighters cooperated with local police officers to send life jackets to the villagers and take them back to safety with ropes.
From Monday to Thursday, Baoxing County has seen the heaviest continuous rainfall in 12 years, resulting in over 200 geological disasters as of 22:00 Wednesday, affecting around 30,000 people, trapping around 2,000 tourists and forcing the relocation of around 12,000 people.
Over 30 sections of national and provincial highways have also been cut. Nearly all the roads in mountains and rural regions were blocked.
Local authorities have launched an emergency response to deal with the disasters.
(Source: Reuters)
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