Soldiers assigned to the Guilin detachment under the PAP Guangxi Corps evacuate the stranded people from Nanxishan Hospital in Guilin on June 19, 2024. (Photo by Zhang Chenfei)
6月19日，武警桂林支队官兵在桂林市南溪山医院转移受困群众。(张辰飞 摄)
BEIJING, June 20 -- In the past few days, continuous heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in southern China, causing casualties and property losses. Chinese service members and militias keep fighting on the frontline of flood control and disaster relief, devoting themselves to disaster relief and post-disaster re-construction tasks.
北京6月20日电 连日来，南方多地持续出现强降雨，造成人员伤亡和财产损失。解放军和武警部队官兵、民兵持续奋战抗洪抢险一线，全力投入抢险救援和灾后重建工作。
Since June 17, the heavy rainfall has caused road damage and power interruption in several areas in Meizhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, posing threats to the safety of people's lives and property.
Up to now, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Meizhou military sub-command has dispatched 883 militiamen in 12 batches. They have evacuated more than 5,400 people, cleared 13 roads and transported 48 tons of supplies through continuous efforts.
On the morning of June 19, the Meizhou detachment under the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP)Force Guangdong Corps dispatched 37 soldiers and cleared about 17 kilometers of roads in collaboration with local disaster relief forces.
6月17日以来，受强降雨影响，广东省梅州市部分地区道路损毁、电力中断，人民群众生命财产安全受到威胁。
截至目前，梅州军分区先后出动12批883名民兵，经过连续奋战，转移群众5400余人，疏通道路13条，搬运物资48吨。
19日上午，武警广东总队梅州支队派出37名官兵，与地方救援人员一起疏通道路约17公里。
Continuous downpours also caused various degrees of damage in many areas of southeast China's Fujian Province. The Fujian Provincial Military Command has organized service members and militiamen to fight on the frontline of flood control and disaster relief.
连日强降雨导致福建多地不同程度受灾，福建省军区组织官兵和民兵持续奋战在抗洪抢险一线。
As of 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, the Fujian Provincial Military Command has dispatched 846 service members and militiamen and employed various equipment 55 times and rescue boats 22 times. They have successively rescued and evacuated more than 1,500 people, cleared nearly 30 kilometers of roads, transported over 50 tons of supplies and unclogged 211 blocked vehicles. The PAP Fujian Corps has searched and rescued two buried people and evacuated another 97 residents in Nanping City and Longyan City.
截至19日18时，福建省军区共出动官兵和民兵846人、装备55台次、冲锋舟22艘次，先后救助、转移群众1500余人，疏通道路近30公里，搬运物资50余吨，疏导滞留车辆211辆。武警福建总队在南平和龙岩两地共搜救被埋群众2人，转移疏散群众97人。
Next, the troops will continue to fight on the frontline of flood control and disaster relief to assist the disaster-affected people to restore work and life order as early as possible.
下一步，任务部队将继续奋战抗洪抢险一线，帮助受灾群众尽快恢复生产生活秩序。
