Lanzhou, Aug 9
Mountain torrents in Yuzhong County, northwest China's Gansu Province, had left 13 dead and 30 missing as of noon on Saturday, provincial emergency authorities said.
Torrential rains, which led to the mountain torrents, began pounding Yuzhong, which is under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital of Lanzhou, as well as other areas of Lanzhou on Thursday evening, with precipitation reaching 220.2 millimetres by noon on Friday.
"After receiving the rainfall alert at 4 p.m. Thursday, our entire staff immediately conducted door-to-door notifications, warning residents to take precautionary measures and convincing camping tourists in vulnerable areas to evacuate," said Zhang Kefu, Party secretary of Yaogou Village, who has been working on the relocation of affected residents.
At the hotel, each room has a bathroom with a shower and clean bedding. On the table, there were boxed meals, instant noodles, purified water and other supplies.
"Now that we are safely settled here, we no longer fear the mountain torrents and can finally get a sound sleep," said Gao Cuixia, Hao's daughter-in-law.