The heavy rain disaster caused by the heavy rain in the small river town of Sichuan Sichuan caused the three people to die urgently and resettled 891 people

Cover reporter Wang Xianglong

On August 20th, the Propaganda Department of the Songpan County Party Committee of Aba Prefecture released news. According to the latest news of the "8.19" Xiahe Town, Xiaoshe Town, Songpan County, the local heavy rain disaster emergency risk aversion transfer and 891 people were unfortunately killed.No loses.

From August 18th to 19th, heavy rainfall occurred in the small river area of Songpan County. The 24 -hour rainfall reached 199.7mm. It was the extreme value since the meteorological data of the place. The heavy rainfall caused heavy rain disaster.

After the disaster, Songpan County organized a total of 9 people in the county and township rescue teams of more than 50 people and more than 50 rescue machines to carry out rescue and disaster relief.Relevant departments of the province and state sent experts to go deep into front line to guide rescue and disaster relief.

As of 16:00 on August 20, Xiaohe Town's communication and transportation were basically restored, electric power recovered in some areas, sufficient supply of living materials, properly resettlement of the affected people, and the work of rescue and disaster relief.

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