The State Council decided to set up an investigation team to pursue responsibility for dereliction
According to Xinhua News Agency on August 2, since July 17, Henan Province has suffered extreme heavy rainfall, especially Zhengzhou on July 20, causing heavy casualties and property losses.
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important instructions of general secretary Xi Jinping on flood prevention and disaster relief and the requirements of the central leading comrades such as premier Li Keqiang, according to the relevant laws and regulations, the State Council decided to set up an investigation team, led by the emergency management department, and participated in the investigation of the "7. 20" Torrential Rain Disaster in Zhengzhou, Henan. The investigation team hired experts to provide technical support for the investigation.
The investigation team will investigate and evaluate the disaster response process in accordance with laws and regulations, seek truth from facts, be scientific, rigorous, comprehensive and objective, summarize the experience and lessons of disaster response, put forward improvement measures for disaster prevention and reduction, and hold accountable for dereliction of duty in accordance with laws and regulations.
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On the afternoon of August 2, the Information Office of Henan provincial government held a press conference to introduce the latest situation of flood relief in Henan Province. Wang Kai, governor of Henan Province, attended the press conference and introduced the situation.
According to reports, as of 12:00 on August 2, a total of 150 counties (cities, districts), 1663 townships and 14.5316 million people in the province had been affected. The province organized 933800 people for emergency shelter, with the highest peak of 1470800 people for resettlement; 30106 households and 89001 collapsed houses; The disaster area of crops was 8.72 million mu, the area of crop failure was 3.8 million mu, and the direct economic loss was 114.269 billion yuan. The catastrophic flood disaster killed 302 people and left 50 missing. Among them, 292 people were killed and 47 people were missing in Zhengzhou; 7 people were killed and 3 missing in Xinxiang City; Two people were killed in Pingdingshan City; One person was killed in Luohe City.
By 18:00 on August 1, 292 people had been killed and 47 missing in Zhengzhou; Among them, 189 people were killed by floods and mudslides; 54 people were killed due to house collapse; 39 people were drowned in the basement, garage, underground pipe gallery and other underground spaces, including 14 people on Metro Line 5 and 6 people in Jingguang road tunnel; There were 10 other victims. In terms of counties (cities), 64 people were killed in Gongyi City, 58 in Xingyang City, 46 in Xinmi City, 12 in Dengfeng City, 2 in Xinzheng and 2 in Shangjie District, with a total of 184 people killed; A total of 108 people were killed in five districts and four development zones in the city.