Operations are in full swing to restore basic infrastructure after heavy rainstorms wreaked havoc in the city of Huludao in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
Authorities are collaborating to repair power, water, communications, and transportation networks in Jianchang and Suizhong counties, the hardest-hit regions after recent torrential rains severed essential services and forced thousands to evacuate.
In Datun Township of Jianchang County, the local power department used helicopters to airdrop equipment to villages cut off from road access, ensuring smooth progress in restoring electricity.
To date, 44 of the 48 damaged 10kV power lines have been restored, with the remaining four lines under urgent repair.
The intense rainfall also damaged the water pipeline in Jianchang County. After 19 hours of continuous efforts, the county's urban area largely resumed regular water supply by Friday morning.
As of Friday afternoon, six major highways and 16 rural roads in Jianchang County have reopened, while the remaining roads are still under emergency repair.
More than 50,000 relief supplies from both within and outside Liaoning Province have been delivered to the disaster-stricken areas in the county.
In Suizhong County, most damaged transportation, electricity, and other infrastructure in the affected townships have been restored, while repairs to water and communications facilities are still underway.
China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, announced on Thursday that it has allocated 200 million yuan (about 28 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support disaster relief and restoration work in the flood-hit northeastern provinces of Liaoning and Jilin.
According to the commission, the funds will be used for the emergency restoration of dikes, road traffic, schools, and hospitals affected or damaged by flooding in the two provinces.
Coordinated efforts underway to restore infrastructure in rain-hit Huludao
