Villager in north China recounts flood experience

Record ID: 1736473

  • Title: Villager in north China recounts flood experience
  • Date: 3rd August 2023
  • Summary: ZHUOZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) MAN WEARING LIFE VEST SWIMMING IN FLOOD MEN WATCHING FLOODED STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 36-YEAR-OLD LOCAL VILLAGER LI DANLI, SAYING: "Most of the villages near our house are flooded. I called my mother-in-law and she said that the water has flooded the fields as well, almost level with the road, but it hasn't entered the house yet. So for the time being, my house is still safe. But in other villages, the water is more serious, some water has reached the roof of the house, and some have entered the house. If the water continues to soak in for a few more days, I don't think they'll be able to keep the furniture and clothes.” DRONE SHOT OF FLOODED STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 36-YEAR-OLD LOCAL VILLAGER LI DANLI, SAYING: “When I was cooking at noon, the gas also stopped. Now the village, I was staying at my mother's house, is repairing the electricity, saying that the electricity can be supplied in the evening. The power has been out since the villagers are flooded, but the water is supplied for two hours a day, one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon, so basic living is still guaranteed.” DRONE SHOT OF FLOODED STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 36-YEAR-OLD LOCAL VILLAGER LI DANLI, SAYING: “Yes, that is the worst of those two days with the rain and rising water. The night was almost always sleepless, if any sleep it was not solid. Then when we heard the water had reached the edge of the village, it had reached the south entrance of the village, we were also very nervous. Fortunately, things are under a bit of control during these two days. But I heard that the situation in the city is quite serious. Some villages are flooded more seriously.” DRONE SHOT OF FLOODED STREET DRONE SHOT OF FLOODED STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 36-YEAR-OLD LOCAL VILLAGER LI DANLI, SAYING: “No (I have never experienced such floods). According to the elderly people in the village, the last flood was back in '62 or ’63. This time it’s just about the same as that one, I think. It's the biggest one after 60 years. 1963. yeah, the whole 60 years.” PEOPLE ON LIFE BOAT IN FLOODWATER
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2023 12:17
  • Keywords: china disaster floods hebei village weather zhuozhou
  • Location: ZHUOZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA
  • City: ZHUOZHOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001200103082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A villager from the city of Zhuozhou in China's northern Hebei province recounted her flood experience on Thursday (August 3) as the province is battered by extreme rain brought by the remnant of Typhoon Doksuri.
    "The night was almost always sleepless," 36-year-old villager Li Danli said when she stood in front of a flooded street that turned into a river.
    Li said floodwater has reached the rooftop of some houses in the village, and they have two hours of water supply each day to sustain basic life needs.
    The torrential rain has broken Beijing's 140-year rainfall record, dumping volumes of rain that normally fall in a whole year in the populous province of Hebei.
    (Production: Xiaoyu Yin)
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