Who was killed in the landslide in Longnan, Gansu?

Recently: Mudslide in Longnan, Gansu: The village party secretary beat a gong late at night to call out that two elderly people were killed

From 22:00 to 7:00 on August 6, Tianchi and Liping, Wen County Heavy rainfall occurred in the three towns of Sheshu and Sheshu, and the heavy rain caused flash floods and mudslides. According to @龙南文县, as of 21:00 on August 8, the disaster had caused 8 deaths, 1 missing person, and 4 injuries; 174 houses were damaged, 44 of which collapsed.

According to @龙南文县's Weibo post, Jinping Village and Yuping Village, Liping Town, are the two more severely affected areas. The two villages are bounded by Yangtanggou, and the families and fields in the villages The land is built along the ditch and extends outward.

Zhang Mingxi, a villager in Yuping Village, told Red Star News that it has not rained in Wen County for two months. The Yangtanggou embankment is 2.5 meters high and 4 meters wide, and the water level is usually just below the ankle.

At around 22:30, Zhang Mingxi heard the village director Zhang Guozuo shouting from the loudspeaker in the village, "The general idea is to let all farmers pay attention. It is raining too much now. Let us evacuate to a safe place quickly." He My family and I took umbrellas and flashlights and went out, waiting at the gathering place. He could hear almost nothing but the rain outside.

When villagers along the ditch heard the village cadres shouting, they ran out of their homes and watched the river rise from a distance. Zhang Mingxi told Red Star News, "At the beginning, it was almost more than half the height of the river embankment."

Li Jianxiang (sound) lives across a dirt road from the ditch, and his parents live close to the ditch. He has been working outside all year round. In recent days, because his mother Li Sisie fell from the roof and broke her leg, he came from other places to take care of her bedridden mother. His father Li Changxing is also in poor health.

At around 22:30, Zhang Mingxi heard the village director Zhang Guozuo shouting from the loudspeaker in the village, "The general idea is to let all farmers pay attention. It is raining too much now. Let us evacuate to a safe place quickly." He My family and I took umbrellas and flashlights and went out, waiting at the gathering place. He could hear almost nothing but the rain outside.

When villagers along the ditch heard the village cadres shouting, they ran out of their homes and watched the river rise from a distance. Zhang Mingxi told Red Star News, "At the beginning, it was almost more than half the height of the river embankment."

Li Jianxiang (sound) lives across a dirt road from the ditch, and his parents live close to the ditch. He has been working outside all year round. In recent days, because his mother Li Sisie fell from the roof and broke her leg, he came from other places to take care of her bedridden mother. His father Li Changxing is also in poor health.

He went out and looked at the rain. He felt that it was not heavy, so he ducked into the house without paying attention.

At almost 23:00, the flood suddenly increased. Everyone hurriedly ran up, and someone shouted "The mudslide is coming." At 23:00, the village cadres counted the number of people near the old supply and marketing cooperative and found that there were missing people. The village party secretary summoned the young people in the village to search again by the river. Some people even forgot to hold an umbrella.

Li Jianxiang watched the flood water coming up and roaring in the back room. He wanted to open the door but didn't dare. Finally, a dozen people knocked off the tiles from the roof and took him out from above. They saved 5 people using the same method.

Li Jianxiang and Zhang Mingxi also thought about the two old people Li Changxing and Li Sisiei. "They are my uncles and grandparents," Zhang Mingxi said, "The water had already come up at that time, and we could only go around them. Going up, the side of the river ditch has been flooded, and there is no house in sight, only a tree in their yard is left. "It was around midnight on August 7, and it was only more than two hours before the heavy rain.

At 10 a.m. on the 7th, villagers found the body of an old man under the beams of the house. On the 8th, Zhang Mingxi found the body of another old man behind the wall of a breeding farm downstream. At 1 a.m. on the 9th, the villagers buried the two elderly people.

Two people were killed in Yuping Village in this mudslide. The deceased were Li Jianxiang’s parents. Zhang Bin, a staff member of the Wen County Propaganda Department, confirmed this information to Red Star News.

Village party secretary Zhang Guohong said that more than 60 households and more than 80 people were evacuated from Yuping Village. Communications and electricity were available on the afternoon of the 7th, and support teams also arrived.

Currently, the villagers have found open spaces to set up tents and informed each other in the WeChat group that they can receive water, instant noodles, and rice.