STORY: A race against time to combat dike breach in China's second-largest freshwater lake
SHOOTING TIME: July 7, 2024
DATELINE: July 7, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:13
LOCATION: YUEYANG, China
CATEGORY: OTHERS

SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): DING CHUNYU, Xinhua correspondent
2. various of the rescue efforts

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): DING CHUNYU, Xinhua correspondent
"I'm now at the breached dike of Dongting Lake in China's Hunan Province. The breach occurred on Friday afternoon, causing flooding in the area. The local people affected have been safely evacuated. Now efforts are being made to restore the dike."

Thousands of rescuers, including firefighters, hydrologists, and volunteers, have joined hands to protect people's lives and property following the dike breach at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake.

Around 5,000 residents had been relocated from the affected area.

Urgent measures have been taken to repair the breach.

According to the Yueyang flood control and drought relief headquarters, as of Sunday noon, 75 meters of the 226-meter breach in the dike had been sealed.

Rescuers are also racing against time to reinforce a 14.3-kilometer-long embankment, viewed as the "second line of defense," located around 2 kilometers from the breached dike.

A work team has also been dispatched to Hunan to guide rescue efforts, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yueyang, China.
(XHTV)