On December 18, 6Level 2**. It is located at the junction of Qinghai and Gansu. Qinghai Haidong City, Ledu District, Ping'an District, Minhe County and other ** strong feelings.
Among them, there was a local "sand surge" in Jintian Village and Caotan Village, Zhongchuan Township, Minhe County, a large number of houses were surrounded and washed away by silt, and many people lost contact, and the Qinghai Fire and Rescue Corps organized rescue overnight.
On the evening of the 19th, CCTV reporters rushed to Zhongchuan Township, Minhe County, and hit the rescue scene directly.
The mud wave head is three meters high.
Silt poured into Qinghai people and villages.
Jintian Village, Minhe County, is one of the hardest hit places in the Qinghai earthquake area. Soon after, thick mud with a wave head of up to 3 meters rolled into the village.
At the entrance of Jintian Village, a road and several houses on both sides of the village are now covered in mud.
The fire and rescue personnel of the Qinghai Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps are carrying out intensive excavation work.
The wet, sticky silt, which is heavy and dense, is difficult to dig by hand and can only be cleaned by heavy machinery.
The three excavators that were urgently dispatched have been running continuously.
Why does "Sand Chung" appear in the people and villages?
What is a "sand surge"?
According to the relevant person in charge of China's **Taiwan Network, after many major ** occurrences, the so-called "sand surge phenomenon" will occur. After a strong earthquake, due to the shaking of the earth's crust, the water-bearing sand deep underground will have a strong liquefaction phenomenon, and the liquefied sand layer will be extruded and deformed along a certain channel, reaching the surface and forming a "sand surge".
Why is "Sand Chung here?".This is closely related to a nearby river ditch.
It is reported that this ditch does not store much water on weekdays, and it is basically a dry ditch except for the rainy season. **After the occurrence, the bottom mud gushes up due to the high water table.
The ditch is at the fork of the highway not far from Jintian Village, and the width has changed from more than 20 meters to 3-4 meters. Due to the narrowing of the width, the mud could not continue to pass and overflowed into the ditch. At present, the road connecting the two villages is still buried under silt.
Hundreds of villagers moved into resettlement tents.
Rescue efforts continue.
In order to rescue the missing people as soon as possible, the fire and rescue personnel continued to work after nightfall. The resettlement of the villagers is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
The families of the missing people, accompanied by their families and ** staff, lived in the tents closest to the rescue site and continued to wait for news from their loved ones.
Another vacant lot at the entrance of the village is another resettlement site in Jintian Village. More than 100 villagers lived in tents. The outside temperature dropped to minus 10 degrees Celsius, and the fire in the tent was blazing.
Set up tents and distribute supplies, although it was late at night, there were still people running back and forth, rushing to the front line of rescue.
*: CCTV News.