The Sichuan Luding earthquake has caused 46 people to be killed. The latest news summarizes-

At 12:52 on September 5, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, with a depth of 16 kilometers in the earthquake. As of 23:00 on the 5th, the Luding earthquake had killed 46 people, including 29 people in Ganzi and 17 people in Ya'an. Another 16 people lost contact and more than 50 people were injured.

As of now, more than 50,000 people have been temporarily diverted in Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an. The national earthquake emergency response level increased to the second level, and the working group of the State Council went to Sichuan urgently.

According to the meteorological department, rainfall will appear in Luding County, Sichuan, and the rain will also increase on the 8th, and the rain will start.

The meteorological department reminds that it is necessary to prevent the adverse effects of rainfall weather on transportation, rescue and emergency response. In addition, the geological conditions after the earthquake are fragile, and disasters such as landslides, mudslides, and collapse of possible prevention are needed.

Latest news summary-

On the evening of the 5th, the disaster relief headquarters in Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan decided to adjust the state -level earthquake emergency response to the first level. The Sichuan Provincial Disaster Reduction Commission decided to increase the emergency response of the second -level rescue of Sichuan Province to the first -level rescue emergency response. As of 11:00 that night, more than 50,000 people in Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an City had been temporarily suspended.

After preliminary investigation, in terms of roads, the G318, G108, and S217 lines are damaged and blocked, and they are currently being seized. Rural highways near the earthquake area were severely damaged. G351, S432, S434 and other national provinces and provinces are unblocked.

In terms of communication, the earthquake has caused 289 back to the base station, the cumulative optical cable was damaged for 55 kilometers, and the number of communication interruption business affected 35,000 households. It has been able to restore 7 base stations.

In terms of electricity, this earthquake has caused 500 kV, 220 kV, 110 kV, 30 kV, 10 kV lines, and 110 kV, 35 kV transformation power stations and damaged and suspended. As of now, some lines and substations have been restored. House damage and damage to other industries are under further investigation and statistics.

As of 18:00 on the 5th, a total of more than 6,500 rescue forces such as the PLA and the Armed Police Force, Fire Rescue, Forest Fire, Anneng Group, Safety Production, Communication Power, Medical Rescue, etc. The disaster area carried out air rescue and disaster investigation.

On the basis of 51,000 disaster relief supplies from Ganzi Prefecture, we will apply for the deployment of 3,400 central and provincial disaster relief tents, 12,000 quilts, and 12,000 folding beds. 50 million yuan, Sichuan Province's finance urgently adjusted 50 million yuan to Ganzi Prefecture.

At 15:57 on the 5th, the "pterosaur" -2H emergency disaster relief drone emergency took off to Luding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan to perform tasks. At 18:44, the drone entered the task area, and then the survey was conducted to implement emergency communication guarantee.

During this mission, the "Pterosaur" -2H UAV set up an air emergency communication network to transmit the on-site disaster screen in real time, assisted the command center scheduling, and provided a strong guarantee for the rescue team and rescue.

Source: CCTV News

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