China News Service Chengdu, September 8 (Reporters Liu Zhongjun and Yue Yitong) On the evening of the 8th, the joint command of the front line of the province, city (prefecture) and county in Luding earthquake relief held a press conference in Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province to report on the relevant situation.
Forest firefighters carried the injured through the damaged section of the earthquake. Photo by Tan Hao
As of 12:00 on the 8th, the earthquake has caused 86 deaths (450 people in Luding County and 436 people in Shimian County), 35 people have lost contact, and more than 400 people have been injured (including 13 people in critical condition and 39 people have seriously injured). More than 250 people are currently being treated in the hospital.
As of 16:00 on the 8th, a total of 16 aftershocks of magnitude 3.0 and above occurred, including 1 times of magnitude 4.5 and 4.2 each, and 14 times of magnitude 3.0-3.9.
As of 7:00 on the 8th, the earthquake had caused 100,000 people to be affected, 103 houses collapsed, 432 houses were seriously damaged, 743 houses were severely damaged, and 4533 houses were generally damaged, and 7,826 houses were damaged, 47,575 houses were damaged. The main affected areas such as Caoke Township and Wanggangping Township in Shimian County are still under verification and statistics and are not included in the above data.
As of 11:00 on the 8th, except for the S217 line about 17 kilometers from Taoba to the asbestos boundary, the rest of the national and provincial trunk lines were open. 33 rural roads have been blocked, and 23 have been opened.
As of 11:00 on the 8th, the earthquake caused a total of 391 base stations to be withdrawn, and 242 base stations to be reopened (including 4171 Luding html and 471 asbestos html); the cumulative optical cable was damaged by 762 kilometers, and 300 kilometers were reopened. 66.7 kilometers of radio and television optical cables were opened, and 39 damaged radio terminals were repaired.
As of 13:00 on the 8th, 4 110 kV substations, 3 35 kV substations have been restored, 1 500 kV line, 4 110 kV line, 8 35 kV line, 42 10 kV line, and 34,290 users have been restored.
According to reports, after nearly 79 hours of emergency rescue, the earthquake relief work is still carried out in a strong, orderly and effective manner. Due to serious road damage and geological disasters, coupled with the impact of rainfall, the rescue mission in some rural areas is extremely arduous. The rescue team will uphold the people's needs and missions to achieve, strive to overcome numerous difficulties and ensure full coverage of the rescue area.
The picture shows firefighters transporting tent supplies on foot. Photo by Zhang Lang
As of 8:00 on the 8th, a total of more than 10,000 rescue forces of various types, more than 12,000 units of equipment, and 9 helicopters were dispatched. They used air delivery, water transport, hiking and rushing methods, and risked landslides, rolling stones, and rapids, and organized multiple rounds of investigation and rescue in different regions. Among them, the fire brigade rescued a total of 286 trapped people in distress and evacuated 4,866 people from evacuated and evacuated; the officers and soldiers of the troops stationed in Sichuan assisted in evacuating 5,995 people from disasters. Today's search and rescue focus is Detuo Town, Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Moxi Town, individual villages, Wanggangping Township and Caoke Township, Shimian County, Ya'an City.
At present, disaster relief supplies are sufficient in the disaster area, and the basic lives of the people are guaranteed. The central and provincial levels urgently allocated 110,000 disaster relief materials to the disaster areas, of which 64,000 were allocated to Ganzi Prefecture and 46,000 were allocated to Ya'an City. Mobilized 4 large mobile water purification trucks to Luding County to provide emergency water supply.
In terms of fully investigating and preventing secondary disasters, a total of 3,330 geological disaster hazards have been reviewed and cancelled, and 195 new hidden dangers have been investigated. 5,643 water conservancy projects were investigated, 387 were damaged to varying degrees, and no major danger occurred. 2,882 traffic rescue teams were sent, and 690 shifts of rescue equipment and equipment such as excavators and emergency power boat bridges were dispatched, and a total of 125 blocking points were opened. A total of 10,912 house construction emergency assessments have been completed (including 7,470 in Shimian County and 3,442 in Luding County).
In addition, 16 schools and 10118 students in Luding County implemented online teaching, and Hailuogou, Ganzi Prefecture organized 142 students to study in placement tents, establishing a "Qingqing Children's Paradise" to care for and serve young children. Public security police will strengthen patrols in key areas such as social areas and centralized resettlement sites and material distribution sites in the disaster area, mediate conflicts and disputes, and strengthen the investigation and handling of earthquake-related and disaster-related rumors. The earthquake department organized experts to carry out popular science lectures in the disaster area and actively popularize earthquake scientific knowledge and earthquake prevention and risk aversion knowledge.
According to reports, the earthquake has a deep degree of disaster and a wide range of impacts. Relevant personnel will conduct another comprehensive investigation based on the early search and rescue to ensure that there are no blind spots in the search and rescue.At the same time, we will closely monitor weather changes, strengthen monitoring, forecasting and early warning, strictly prevent secondary disasters such as geological disasters and mountain torrents, strengthen the management of transfer and resettlement of people, and make every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives. (End)
