How to protect and ensure safety when the flood reaches Tianjin

When the flood peak arrives in Tianjin, the measures to ensure safety include: transferring people, strengthening river emergency dredging, preparing emergency materials, monitoring water level and flow, and strengthening dike inspection.

First, transfer the masses.

In response to the flood, the relevant departments in Tianjin will properly resettle the people in flood storage and detention areas to ensure their lives.

Second, forecast the rain.

During the flood season, Tianjin will co-ordinate all kinds of resources, carry out rolling rainfall forecast, and strengthen consultation, judgment and command and dispatch.

Third, strengthen the emergency dredging of rivers.

Strengthen the emergency clearing of river channels and the inspection and defense of dikes, and do a good job in the prevention of river floods and flash floods.

Fourth, prepare emergency supplies.

All kinds of relief materials reserved at the municipal level are sufficient, and the emergency management department is also allocating central relief materials to Tianjin. The Municipal Emergency Management Bureau is ready to receive and dispatch them at any time.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) monitors water level and flow rate.

Tianjin Water Affairs Bureau strengthened flood forecasting, held rolling consultations with the Marine Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources and the hydrological departments of Beijing and Hebei, and dispatched hydrological emergency testing teams to grasp the flood evolution process in real time and monitor the water level and flow when the flood peak is 60 kilometers away from Tianjin.

Sixth, strengthen dike inspection.

The Tianjin Municipal Government urged the territorial government to implement the person responsible for the 69-kilometer dike in the Yongding River flood discharge area and carry out 24-hour dike inspection; Send two expert groups to guide dike inspection and emergency rescue operations to ensure flood storage safety.