Heroic rescue: Firefighters risked lives to rescue trapped villagers in severe flash flood in Hebei
300 views · Published 22 July 2016 · 0:42 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: People's Daily, China 人民日报 · 2016 · News & Politics
Video shows firefighters risked their lives jumping into flash floods and swam to the islet to grab two trapped villagers in Xingtai, where roads, bridges and lands were flushed away by flash flooding from July 22. A torrential rainfall hit Xingtai city in northern China's Hebei province on July 22, triggering a flash flood and interrupting traffics. The death toll of #Hebei flash flood has climbed to 9, another 11 missing, over a thousand houses collapsed. More casualties are feared.
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