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Chongqing News

Battle with severe flood in Chongqing

2020-08-24 11:42:51

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Recently, Chongqing has been hit by rare severe floods in its history. The 2020 No. 5 Flood of the Yangtze River and the 2020 No. 2 Flood of the Jialing River passed through the center of Chongqing’s main districts one after the other. At 14:00 on August 18, Chongqing upgraded its emergency response for flood control to Level Ⅰ. When floods hit Chongqing, rescuers patrolled 24 hours a day in dangerous moments: driving boats to rescue trapped people, checking for hidden safety hazards and transferring people’s property...What they did were touching.

According to Upper Changjiang River Bureau of Hydrological Water Resource Survey, this round of flooding caused the water level in Chongqing section of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers to significantly exceed their capability, for which Chongqing continued to face flooding pressure in high water level.

On August 18, the water face of the Jialing River was getting closer to Changbin Road. At 2:00 p.m. on August 18, the emergency response for flood control was upgraded from Level II to Level I, and Chongqing immediately entered an emergency period for flood control. 

As a result of the flooding, a number of low-lying areas in the center of Chongqing’s main districts suffered from waterlogging, so government workers made emergency efforts to combat the flooding. The photo shows that Caiyuanba Fruit Market was flooded on the afternoon of August 19.

Editor:Jiang Yiwei