GUIYANG, China, June 25 -- Continuous heavy rain has recently impacted Rongjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, posing a serious threat of flooding to some areas.
More than 500 troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP), civilian personnel, and militias rushed to the frontline of flood control with life jackets, assault boats, kayaks, and other disaster relief equipment to search and evacuate the trapped people, install flood control baffles, and reinforce flood control embankments.
As of 14:00 on June 24, the disaster relief troops had relocated more than 150 affected people. At present, the rescue and transfer efforts are still underway in an intensive and orderly manner.
