Before the flash floods came, 66-year-old Xu Shouqi, a villager in Shanzao Village, was ready to escape. He learned the news that "Lichma" was coming from TV very early. When the typhoon was approaching, on the night of August 9, my children from other places called me one after another: "You can't sleep at night!"
html At 1:45 a.m. on August 10, this year's No. 9 typhoon "Lekima" did not " "Broken Promise" landed on the coast of Wenling, Zhejiang and wreaked havoc throughout Zhejiang. In Shanzao Village, Yantan Town, Yongjia County, landslides, flash floods, and water levels rose sharply, causing a major natural disaster. As of press time, 23 people have died in Shanzao Village and 9 people are missing.Xu Shouqi's home is built against the mountain. He laid 80 cm long steel tiles between the back door of the second floor and the mountain in advance. He calculated for this, "You can run away in three or four seconds." Once your house is washed away, run to the mountains for your life.
Seeing the water level rising little by little, Xu Shouqi could not help but feel scared, "I am almost 70 years old, and I have never seen such a big water." It wasn't until around five o'clock in the morning that the water subsided and he finally let go of his worries.
In addition to Shanzao Village, floods also rushed into the city walls of Taizhou Prefecture, Linhai, Zhejiang, causing water accumulation of about 1.5 meters in the old city, and the ancient city's coastal area instantly became a swamp.
As of 13:30 on the 11th, Typhoon Lekima had killed 32 people in Zhejiang and 16 people were missing.
html In the early morning of August 10, several old houses disappeared in Shanzao Village. Photo provided by the interviewee Shuimanshan Zaocun
Shanzao Village is surrounded by mountains on both sides, with Nanxi River flowing through the middle. There are more than 100 households living in the village, mostly with old wooden houses.
html On August 9, when they learned that the typhoon was coming, the Shanzao Village Committee had already issued a notice and went to every old house to check the situation.Aerial photo of the topography of Shanzao Village. Photo provided by the interviewee: At around 4 a.m. on October 10, Mr. Xu, who lives in Oubei Town, received a call from his father in Shanzao Village. The 63-year-old father shouted on the phone, "It's over," and the call was suddenly interrupted. , can no longer be dialed.
Mr. Xu dialed all the available numbers on his mobile phone. He first thought of his 39-year-old friend, "He is young and may be able to save my family." But as soon as the call was dialed, the other party had just finished shouting "Help" There was no sound.
htmlXu Wenhai, the village secretary of Shanzao Village who was on duty on the night of 09, stayed up all night. He remembers clearly, "At 4:10 in the morning, the wind started to get stronger, and suddenly the flash flood collapsed and blocked us, forming a barrier lake here, and the water poured in." In five or six minutes, the water reached the height of four stories in the low-lying areas of the village."I saw the water was getting bigger, so I called the people (residents) by the river to pay attention. The typhoon was coming, the water was getting bigger, and they had to run away quickly."
hung up the phone, and Xu Wenhai quickly called his 80-year-old mother. My mother usually lives with her brother, only a hundred meters away from his residence. When the flash flood broke out, my brother went out and my mother was alone in the three-story residence. His mother shouted on the phone, "The water has risen, what should I do?" Secretary Xu grabbed the phone and ran downstairs, but the water had already flooded the first floor of his house. Even 100 meters away, he had no way to go.
rushed to his brother's home. The door fell off and the furniture was rushed out. As soon as he entered the door, he found his mother lying on the stairs on the first floor. "She may have wanted to run upstairs, but she didn't have time."
60 Xu Wenhai, who was 20 years old, picked up his mother and put it on the fallen door panel. "I hope my mother is still well." He then performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and artificial respiration on his mother. After four or five minutes, he reached out to touch his mother's chest. No breath, no trace of heat left. Only then did he realize that his mother was really gone.
"I just called her and promised to save her." In the early morning of the 10th, the disaster in the town was serious. The mobile phone in his pocket kept ringing. When he answered the phone, Xu Wenhai couldn't say a word and just sat. Crying next to my mother. He felt that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities as a son.
At dawn, he carried his mother to the bed in the back room and covered her with a quilt. The body was taken care of by a passing acquaintance, and Xu Wenhai went to other parts of the village to provide disaster relief.
On August 10, 2019, affected by super typhoon "Likima", extremely heavy rains caused landslides and flash floods in Shanzao Village, Yantan Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
When the flash flood came, Ms. Xu, a villager in Shanzao Village, was sleeping on the second floor with her seven-month-old child. Suddenly she heard a scream from her mother on the first floor, "The water is coming."
She woke up with a start and ran downstairs with her mother to help her father, who had an injured leg, and pulled him up to the second floor. "In just a short time, the first floor was completely flooded." As soon as they ran to the roof of the third floor, the water started to pour. It spread over the third floor. At this time, a large piece of iron sheet floated over and got stuck between the house and the back mountain. Ms. Xu held the child in her arms, and together with her mother and several villagers, she climbed up the iron sheet and ran up the back mountain. The father could only stay on the third floor for the first time. Waiting for rescue.
The flood will go away just as quickly as it comes. At about 4:20, the water level dropped, and Ms. Xu just ran to the mountain. "The water has receded, and it only took ten minutes."
Ms. Xu didn't know until she saw the fire brigade at around 6 a.m. and confirmed that her father was safe. , her third aunt had been washed away by the water, and her third uncle swam out and escaped. "Their house is on a lower ground, and the water suddenly reached the third floor. We had ten minutes, and they only had two minutes."
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Xu and his wife, who had driven back to Shanzao Village overnight, climbed back along the mountain road. After arriving home, they walked all night, a journey that usually only takes 40 minutes on the expressway.
Fortunately, the three-story building in his hometown is on a high ground. The father carried his granddaughter to the roof of the third floor and was finally rescued. The second uncle accidentally fell into the torrent while escaping to the roof. He hugged the wires that collapsed on the roadside. He held on to the pole, holding his mouth and nose above the water, and held on until rescuers arrived.
But Mr. Xu’s third mother and his friend who shouted to him for help last night were all killed in the accident. In the past, when returning to Oubei Town from Shanzao Village, Mr. Xu's car would pick up several villagers from the same village. "Several people who were riding in the car together were gone."
After the flood, there were ruins and tiles everywhere in the village, " Telephone poles fell down, walls collapsed, and it was a mess," Mr. Xu said.
Linhai Ancient City Flooding: The water is as deep as the firefighter's neck
For people in Taizhou , typhoons visit every year and flooding into their homes is almost a daily occurrence.
Wenwen's home is in Linhai Yongfeng Town, Taizhou. In her memory, there are only two floods caused by typhoons that left a deep impression on her: "One was in 1998, when I was still young, so She had no memory of the typhoon. She only remembered that the floodwaters almost reached the second floor of her home. Another time in 2004, the water reached half of the first floor. "
But she "didn't expect the danger" of Lekima.
On the morning of August 11, 2019, the flood level gradually dropped in Taizhou, Zhejiang. While staff at all levels were providing assistance, Linhai citizens began to save themselves.
html When she received the early warning from her work unit on August 9, she didn’t think it was anything serious. "Because we are used to seeing this kind of flood, the neighbors are very calm."But on the morning of August 10, it rained non-stop, and the yard at the door was flooded. Before noon, water entered the ground on the first floor.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, shortly after the two-day heavy rain stopped, a torrent broke through the Xingshan Gate of Linhai Ancient City and poured into the city. On Ziyang Street, Mr. Wang was in the courtyard of his B&B. Within a few minutes, the water covered his calves.
He led his employees to move the electrical appliances from the first floor to the second floor. When he was about to go home, the water on the street was up to his waist. The cars parked on the road were soaked in the water, and the water in the car covered the seats. Mr. Wang held a wooden stick to explore the way. The usually half-hour journey took one and a half hours.
htmlOn August 10, Ziyang Street was flooded. Photo courtesy of interviewee After 3 pm, the rain basically stopped. However, the water level is still rising due to flood discharges in Tiantai and Xianju areas in the upper reaches of Linhai.
Ms. Dong, who also runs a shop on Ziyang Street, was unable to walk home and was trapped on the second floor with several elderly people.
After the first floor was flooded, the freezers, tables, and chairs fell over, floating and bumping around, and making endless noises.
Ms. Dong kept calling 110 to call the police.
At the same time, Wenwen, who also called 110 for rescue, was in a panic as the water level continued to rise. However, the police force was limited and the rescuers could not arrive quickly. At around 5 o'clock in the morning, the message for help she posted on WeChat Moments was widely forwarded. Some friends provided the contact number of the assault boat, but when I called them, they all replied that they were already involved in the rescue.
At 6 p.m., four rescuers wearing camouflage uniforms arrived and rescued Wenwen's family of three who were trapped on the balcony on the second floor.
At almost 7 o'clock in the evening, Ms. Dong and the trapped old man were finally rescued. The firefighters found a rubber boat and carried the old man to the boat. As soon as Ms. Dong got on the boat, a big wave came and the boat almost capsized. Eight firefighters pulled hard on both sides and barely stabilized it. “The deepest part of the water was up to the firefighters’ necks. When the waves moved, you could vaguely see the cars parked on the side of the road. They kept holding on and dragging the boat away. "
escorted Ms. Dong's boatload of people to Chonghemen Square on higher ground, and the rubber boat went back to Ziyang Street for rescue. It was already dark, and it was drizzling. People in the old city slowly gathered here, "it was a dense crowd, and it was full of people."
html On the morning of August 11, "Taizhou Release" announced that waterlogging was being drained in the ancient city and the water level was declining. The water level is no longer rising. According to statistics, Linhai City received a total of 784 alarms, including 4 fire alarms, 778 rescues, 2 social assistance, and rescued and evacuated 1,063 trapped people.htmlOn August 11, Ziyang Street after the flood receded. Photo provided by interviewee Hospital: Five nurses worked together to rescue an elderly man on the roadside
html At around 5 pm on August 10, injured patients affected by the typhoon began to be sent to Yongjia County People’s Hospital for treatment."I was originally responsible for taking care of patients. There were too many injured last night, so I had to do everything." A nurse on duty said that the injured were mainly from the Yantou Town area, and the specific number has not yet been counted. Several of them with more serious injuries are being treated in the emergency room.
The injured were
sent to the emergency room for rescue. Photo provided by the interviewee
Vice President Zhou of Yongjia County People's Hospital told the Beijing News reporter that a temporary expert group composed of experts from the hospital and experts from the First and Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University is conducting treatment for typhoon injuries. Centralized treatment, the hospital has set up special wards to provide treatment for these injured.
Since the injured from the typhoon are mainly concentrated in departments such as orthopedics and trauma, half of the wards on the floor of the orthopedics department have been specially vacated to receive typhoon-injured patients. "There are more than 20 beds in total, more than a dozen experts, and experts in psychological intervention." Vice President Zhou said, "The injuries are basically stable now. The main reason is to worry about psychological problems, because some of the injured We lost our loved ones in this typhoon.”
htmlAt around 6:20 pm on August 10, Wang Chen, the head nurse of the radiotherapy department of Taizhou Hospital , 1 km away from Ziyang Street, was filming the flood damage with his mobile phone when he accidentally discovered something in the camera lens. An old man in critical condition. The 50-year-old man was slumped on the ground against the wall, unable to move his lower body. He had multiple scratches on his body and his limbs had turned white due to being soaked in water for a long time.On August 10, 2019, rescue workers in Linhai City, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province used assault boats to transfer trapped people.
"He was a little confused at the time and couldn't answer people's words normally, and the residents nearby didn't dare to approach. As medical staff, we need to rescue him as soon as we see this situation." But Wang Chen and five other nurses carried him. Unable to move him, he quickly contacted the hospital security department for help. Ten minutes later, the injured person was sent to the emergency room for intubation treatment.
Later, Wang Chen learned that he was a uremia patient who had been undergoing hemodialysis treatment in Taizhou Hospital for a long time. In order to facilitate treatment, he lived with his mother in a residential area next to the hospital. Neighboring residents told Wang Chen that the patient's home had been flooded and he didn't take out his bank card or mobile phone. In order to ask for help, his mother went to find someone nearby to help, so she temporarily placed him here.
"We followed him to the emergency department for examination and found that his whole body was bruised and his oxygen saturation was only in the 60s. Normal people are generally above 95, so he must have choked on water." Wang Chen said.
"Because his family could not be contacted at the time, our emergency department immediately opened a green channel and followed up with all rescue measures." Wang Chen said.
Shanzao Village Rescue Team: Digging through the rubble with bare hands to find people
Zhang Weihao, political instructor of the Yongjia Fire Rescue Squadron, was one of the first members to arrive at Shanzao Village to participate in the rescue. At 7:30 in the morning on August 10, he and his teammates rushed to Shanzao Village and immediately launched rescue operations.
html At around 08:00, they found the bodies of two elderly people and a child in a house. "They should be the grandparents and granddaughter. They have all turned into clay figures." Zhang Weihao worked with five or six firefighters to carry the bodies out of the house, and soon A woman's cry was heard. "The woman just kept holding the child and crying. The child's body was already stiff."Because rescue tools such as rubber boats cannot be transported into the village, all rescue methods are relatively primitive. Firefighters had to tie ropes around their waists and dive into the river to lift the bodies ashore. "A young man in his 20s just came back from other places. When we retrieved a body from the river, he recognized it as his father, so he came with us to retrieve it." After the body was retrieved, the young man sat on the shore in a daze. He didn't speak or cry. He sat there for 20 minutes.
After a whole day of rescue, firefighters found 7 bodies in the upper reaches and 6 in the lower reaches. Zhang Weihao had a 2cm blister on his foot. After bandaging the wound, he turned around and continued the rescue work.
Firefighters at the rescue scene. The picture comes from the Internet
Also participating in the rescue was the private rescue organization Dark Horse Rescue Team. Knowing that the disaster in Yongjia was very serious, the Black Horse Rescue Team urgently assembled 28 highly professional team members and brought 5 rubber boats. They gathered at 12 noon on August 10 and arrived at Yantan Town Mountain in Yongjia at around 3 p.m. Early village. When
arrived at Shanzao Village, the car could not enter the village. Four people from the Black Horse Rescue Team were left on the highway to divert traffic, and the remaining 24 people all went down the mountain to provide support.
"When I came here, I saw that the villages were submerged, and there was a sea of yellow on both sides, which was yellow muddy water." Pan Chunping, director of the office of the Black Horse Rescue Team, told the Beijing News reporter, "I have never seen such a big typhoon."
Firefighting Team members are helping people affected by the disaster. The picture comes from China Fire
A member of the Dark Horse Rescue Team, Chen Chong, told reporters that after arriving in Shanzao Village, except for a local person who led them in the rescue work, most of the residents had evacuated, leaving only some family members waiting for news. At the scene, Chen Chong saw that many old wooden houses had been razed to the ground, and there were traces of floods on the top four floors. After
entered the rescue scene, everyone began a blanket search to find the missing villagers. The strata in Shanzao Village were thin. In addition to the firefighters' detectors, the Black Horse rescue team used their bare hands to dig through the rubble to find people. That is, based on the guesses of the family members, the rescue team found people in Digging deep somewhere is equivalent to "taking a gamble".
The rescue forces of Shanzao Village are mainly concentrated in the downstream areas where the disaster is relatively serious. Photo provided by the interviewee
“We have to move the debris away with our bare hands, and then dig it down slowly with a shovel,” Chen Chong told reporters.
The manpower of the Dark Horse Rescue Team mainly dug at two points, but no missing persons were found until the team evacuated at night.
"There are two possibilities for those who are currently missing. One is that they are buried under the mud, and the other is that they were washed away." Zhang Weihao said.
html In the early morning of 011, Wenzhou City Fire Rescue Detachment dispatched 16 squadrons, 17 fire trucks, and more than 120 firefighters to Shanzao Village to continue searching for missing villagers. Zhang Weihao told reporters that on the 10th, he cleared the rubble while rescuing people, and on the 11th he mainly focused on searching for missing people. "Because the house collapsed is full of rubble, and people can only be saved after the rubble is cleared. There is silt underneath, more than a meter thick."Article by Beijing News reporter Wei Furong, Xiao Weiwei, intern Zheng Dan, Deng Pengzhuo, Zeng Peiming
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