At 7:53 on August 22, the water level at Cuntan Station on the Yangtze River dropped to 180.50 meters, and after 7 minutes it dropped to 180.49 meters. The severe and historically rare flood crossing Chongqing has receded below the warning level!

Flood cleaning work is on at Ciqikou's waterfront

Zou Yu, member of the Chongqing Emergency Management Bureau, informed the media on the 21st that the “Yangtze River No. 5 Flood in 2020”  and “Jialing River No. 2 Flood in 2020” passed through Chongqing, causing 263,200 people to be affected and 251,000 were urgently evacuated, with a direct economic loss of 2.45 billion yuan. So far, no deaths have been caused.

press conference of reconstruction after flood

Affected by the continuous heavy rainfall in the Sichuan Basin, the Yangtze River formed the No. 5 flood in 2020, and the Jialing River formed the No. 2 flood in 2020. This is the largest flood of the major rivers in Chongqing after entering the rainy season this year.

a clean-up staff walking on Ciqikou's path

As of 8 o'clock on August 20th, the flood peak has caused 263,200 people in 15 districts and counties of Chongqing to be affected, 251,000 people were evacuated in emergency, 132,700 people were urgently transferred and resettled, 3444 people in need of emergency life assistance, and 23700 shops were flooded. 860 enterprises and operating markets, 320 riverside roads, 148 bridges, 194 garages, 42,000 parking spaces, 663 motor vehicles, 70 docks and stations, and 84 riverside park squares were flooded. There were 4095 houses damaged and 8,636 hectares of crops affected by these floods.

flood clean-up

After the disaster occurred, the city mobilized 28,000 emergency rescue teams and more than 3,400 large-scale rescue equipment to participate in the front-line work of flood fighting and rescue.

a volunteer help about the after-flood work

In response to the flood disaster, Chongqing has arranged an advance allocation of 19.8 million yuan in disaster relief funds in advance, and urgently dispatched 94,000 relief supplies, a large amount of drinking water and convenience food to support the disaster areas. The disaster-stricken areas and counties have adopted various methods such as setting up tents, vacating classrooms and public houses, etc. in order to better transfer and resettlement of the victims, and timely distribute quilts, clothing, bread, milk, water and other relief materials to the victims. It has ensured that the affected persons have food, clothing, temporary housing, clean water, and timely medical treatment.

At present, Chongqing is formulating a work plan for the restoration and reconstruction of collapsed houses in the city, guiding all districts and counties to jointly promote the restoration and reconstruction of collapsed houses through various channels such as government support, disaster insurance, and preferential policies.