On July 21, the National Development and Reform Commission urgently allocated 350 million yuan in central budget investment to support post-disaster emergency recovery from rainstorm and flood disasters in Henan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces, focusing on the emergency restoration and construction of disaster-area infrastructure and public service facilities such as damaged water conservancy and flood control works, schools, and hospitals, so as to promote the rapid restoration of normal production and living order.

Rainstorm and debris flow disaster occurred in Hanyuan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province

In the early hours of July 20, a rainstorm and debris flow disaster occurred in Xinhua Village, Malie Township, Hanyuan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. According to preliminary investigation, more than 30 people are missing and more than 40 houses were damaged. On the 20th, a working group of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters rushed to the scene to guide rescue and response efforts. Through all-out search and rescue, as of 22:00 on the 20th, the bodies of 8 victims had been found; the identities of 5 victims have been confirmed, and 412 threatened residents have been safely relocated. Twelve injured people have been admitted for treatment, and all are currently in stable condition.

In response to the severe rainstorm and flood disaster in Sichuan, the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee activated a Level III national disaster relief emergency response. The Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, on the basis of previously allocating 10,000 pieces of central disaster relief supplies to Sichuan, once again urgently allocated 40,000 pieces of central disaster relief supplies for resettlement to support local efforts in the emergency relocation and resettlement of affected people and the provision of basic living assistance.

The Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched 29 personnel and 13 pieces of equipment from the Third Bureau of China Anneng to the scene, and dispatched Wing Loong drones to carry out on-site emergency command and communication support tasks. Local fire and rescue teams, totaling 217 personnel and 55 vehicles, rushed to the scene at the earliest opportunity to handle the situation.

Shaanxi Province experienced its largest heavy rainfall process since the start of this year's flood season

A highway bridge collapsed in Zhashui County, Shangluo City

According to the Shaanxi Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, from 8:00 on July 15 to 12:00 on July 19, Shaanxi Province experienced its largest heavy rainfall process since the start of this year's flood season, affecting 169,200 people in 408 townships across 42 counties and districts in 7 cities (districts), including Xi'an, Baoji, Hanzhong, Ankang, Shangluo, and Yangling. A total of 31,000 people were urgently relocated and resettled; 917 households and 2,281 rooms had houses collapsed or damaged (47 households and 110 rooms collapsed, 114 households and 337 rooms severely damaged, and 756 households and 1,834 rooms generally damaged); the affected crop area was 72,300 mu (including 36,600 mu of disaster-affected area and 7,943.1 mu of total crop failure); and the direct economic loss was 1.021 billion yuan. Detailed disaster statistics are being compiled.

The Shaanxi Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development activated the regional emergency joint defense mechanism for urban drainage and waterlogging prevention, guiding Xi'an City to dispatch 11 pumping and drainage vehicles to support Baoji in carrying out waterlogging drainage and hazard elimination work, with a cumulative total of 300,000 m³ of accumulated water pumped out.

At around 20:40 on the 19th, a sudden rainstorm and mountain flood occurred in Zhashui County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, causing a partial one-sided collapse of the No. 2 Yanping Village Bridge on the Shuiyang section of the Danning Expressway in the direction of Shanyang, with a collapse length of about 40 meters. As of 12:00 on the 20th, the disaster had caused 12 deaths and left another 31 people missing. After the disaster occurred, the Ministry of Water Resources activated the dispatch and command mechanism for major flood and drought disaster events and urgently held consultations to deploy work related to the handling of the bridge collapse on the Jinqian River in Shangluo, Shaanxi.

Zhang Guoqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, led responsible officials of relevant departments to rush to Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, at noon on the 20th to guide the rescue and handling work for the collapse of the highway bridge on the Shuiyang section of the Danning Expressway. He pointed out that efforts should be made to promptly repair the damaged bridge and restore traffic order as soon as possible, and to identify the cause of and responsibility for the bridge collapse as soon as possible and respond to public concerns in a timely manner. He stressed that the current period is the critical flood control period of "late July to early August," when heavy rainfall leads to a high risk of mountain floods and geological disasters; all localities should earnestly learn lessons, draw inferences from one case, further consolidate responsibilities at all levels, and comprehensively investigate and rectify flood-season risks and hidden dangers along expressways and railways.

Extremely heavy rainstorms occurred in parts of Henan, with many houses flooded in some areas 

Recently, extremely heavy rainstorms occurred in parts of Henan, among which Nanyang City, Henan Province, broke the province's record for the strongest rainstorm this year, causing waterlogging in some areas and flooding many houses.

At 8:00 on July 16, the Henan Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters decided to activate a Level I flood control emergency response for Nanyang City. The Henan Provincial Fire and Rescue Brigade established a flood-fighting and emergency rescue command headquarters at the earliest opportunity and dispatched a total of 215 personnel, 46 fire trucks, 24 boats, 2 sets of long-distance water supply systems, and 5 large drainage vehicles from the Luoyang City Fire and Rescue Detachment, the Pingdingshan City Fire and Rescue Detachment, and the Airport Economy Zone Fire and Rescue Detachment to assist Nanyang.