STORY: Northeast China steps up flood control, disaster relief
DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:14
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the flood in northeast China
2. various of rescue operations in Yanshou County
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI JIAYING, Local official
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG YALING, Relocated resident
5. various of disaster relief operations in Shulan City
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SHI WANCHUN, Deputy director of Shulan agro-tech extension center
7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN XIANGYU, Deputy production manager of State Grid Jilin Shulan City Power Supply Co., Ltd.
8. various of rescue operations
 
STORYLINE:
 
Northeast China has intensified flood relief and reconstruction efforts after being battered by torrential rains caused by Typhoon Khanun and Typhoon Doksuri.

In Yanshou County of Heilongjiang Province, people exposed to flooding risks have been relocated to temporary shelters.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI JIAYING, Local official
"We provide them with three free meals a day, with each meal having four dishes. We also provide them with cookies and milk and other necessities."
 
SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG YALING, Relocated resident
"It's been six days since I was relocated here. The living conditions and food are fine."
 
In Shulan City of Jilin Province, authorities have stepped up efforts to drain submerged farmlands and grid personnel scrambled to restore power.
 
SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SHI WANCHUN, Deputy director of Shulan agro-tech extension center
"We've set up five teams to provide guidance separately in different areas. We mainly focus on three issues: draining submerged farmlands timely, preventing the occurrence of pests and diseases actively, and promoting early maturity. Through technology, we try to limit the impact of the disaster on the farmland's yield."
 
SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN XIANGYU, Deputy production manager of State Grid Jilin Shulan City Power Supply Co., Ltd.
"Some roads were heavily damaged. Large vehicles and our people were not able to enter the disaster-hit regions. So we used drones to check the conditions so that we could get some first-hand information to arrange our repair plan. After the roads were repaired, our large vehicles carrying disaster repair goods could arrive at the scene. For places that large machinery is difficult to enter, we carry repair materials by hand."
 
By Friday, 23,000 residents in Shulan had been evacuated to safe places.
 
According to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management, China on Friday earmarked 1.46 billion yuan (about 204 million U.S. dollars) to provide relief to people severely affected by recent floods and ensure their basic needs are met.
 
The funds will be allocated to five provincial-level regions including north China's Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)