It was reported on October 18 that from the night of October 15, there was widespread rainfall in Shaanxi. Zhenping County in Ankang City, located at the southernmost tip of Shaanxi, experienced heavy rainfall. Water levels in domestic rivers rose rapidly, and dangerous situations occurred in some regions. In response to the rain and flood conditions in Zhenping County, yesterday, the Ankang City Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters initiated a municipal level-IV flood control emergency response. According to data from the Shaanxi Meteorological Observatory, from 20:00 on October 15 to 06:00 on the 18th, precipitation occurred at 2,768 monitoring stations in 107 districts and counties in Shaanxi Province. Among them, the cumulative rainfall of the Xiaoyu River in Zhenping County reached 175.6 mm, the highest rainfall in the province. Continued heavy rainfall caused a surge in river water volume. River water levels rose rapidly in a short period of time, and flood control pressure continued to increase. Faced with this round of heavy rainfall, all local Party members and cadres sank to the village to help people in key areas with hidden geological hazards move ahead of schedule. At 19:00 on October 17, a total of 121 households and 537 people were safely relocated and evacuated throughout the county, of which 45 households and 100 people were centrally resettled. At the same time, the local community reserves emergency supplies and rescue equipment in advance to do all the work of emergency protection and rescue.

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