Efforts in Rainfall and Floodwater Disaster Rescue

On June 24, fire and emergency rescue personnel from the Furong District Fire and Rescue Brigade, Changsha City used a rubber boat to transfer more than 220 kids and teachers who were trapped by floodwater at the Changsha Railway First Kindergarten. On that day, Changsha encountered heavy rainfall, prompting the city's flood control emergency response to be raised to level Ⅲ. Fire and rescue brigades, public security traffic police, municipal administration, and other departments quickly took the lead in disaster relief efforts, presenting numerous touching moments in the rainstorm. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily)

On June 24, an assistant police officer from the Yuhua District Traffic Police Brigade of the  Traffic Police Detachment of Changsha Municipal Public Security Bureau helped a tricyclist to get off the waterlogged road at the intersection of Wanjiali Road and Xiangzhang Road, Yuhua District, Changsha City, Changsha City. (Photo/Gu Pengbo, Hunan Daily)

On June 24, a municipal administration staff member searched for the location of a manhole cover in the floodwater at the intersection of Wanjiali Road and Xiangzhang Road in Yuhua District, Changsha City, in preparation for emergency drainage. (Photo/Gu Pengbo, Hunan Daily)

On June 24, members of the Yuelu Blue Sky Rescue Team carried out drainage work in the waterlogged area of the Zaogutang Phase II relocation community in Yuelu District, Changsha City. (Photo/Gu Pengbo, Hunan Daily)

At noon on June 24, a courier boy waded through the water on foot to deliver takeaways to customers at Ziwei Intersection of Wanbao Avenue, Changsha City. (Photo/Tian Chao, Hunan Daily)

At noon on June 24, a woman's suitcase slipped into the water from an electric bicycle at Ziwei intersection on Wanbao Avenue, and a passersby rushed to help her pick it up. (Photo/Tian Chao, Hunan Daily)