STORY: Dike breaches sealed in rain-hit central China
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 4, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 5, 2024
LENGTH: 00:04:28
LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST: 
1. various of the repaired dike
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PENG XINJIAN, Rescue worker from Changsha Base of China Anneng Group First Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd.

STORYLINE:

All three dike breaches on a river in central China's Hunan Province have been sealed after rescuers worked around the clock to reduce the threat of flooding.

The last two dike breaches on the Juanshui River in the city of Xiangtan were repaired on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, according to the city's flood control and drought relief headquarters.

The dike breaches occurred between July 28 and 29 after Typhoon Gaemi triggered record-breaking floods on the Juanshui river. One of them was successfully sealed on July 29.

The Juanshui flows into the Xiangjiang River, a major tributary of the Yangtze.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PENG XINJIAN, Rescue worker from Changsha Base of China Anneng Group First Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd.
"A total of 130 people and 80 units of heavy machinery have been sent to repair the dike and have worked on shifts around the clock. The sunny weather is also good for repairing."

Rescue workers said that 80 units of heavy machinery, including excavators and bulldozers, had been sent to repair the dike.

Rainstorms have wreaked havoc in Hunan since late July, triggering flash floods and landslides that destroyed homes and severed roads. In the hard-hit city of Zixing, intense rain had killed 30 people and left 35 others missing as of Friday.

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