Zhengzhou residents: Now that the rain has stopped, electricity has also come, and flooded places are actively rescuing

Yangtze River Daily, July 21, "At present, the elevator in the residential building has been leaking and stopping operation, and the electricity has been cut off at home, but the supermarket downstairs is still open, and you can buy daily necessities." On the evening of July 20, Chen Xin, who works in Qingshan District, saw reports about the rainstorm in Zhengzhou when she brushed the news of her mobile phone, and anxiously called her parents at home in Zhengzhou to inquire about the disaster. Chen Xin's family lives in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan, and the area of the community road is seriously watery, and the power in the community is cut off at about 9 p.m. on July 20.

Chen Xin, who had planned to return to her hometown in Zhengzhou in the past two days, was interrupted by the flood situation, and the traffic was blocked, and Chen Xin could only contact her family and friends through the Internet. In the circle of friends saw that many friends were trapped in the subway station, Chen Xin contacted his friends one by one to confirm the situation. Chen Xin said: "At present, everything is fine with my friends, most of them are waiting at home, ready to respond to the call of the community. ”

On the morning of July 21, Chen Xin contacted her parents again, "At 10 o'clock, the rain stopped, the news was reporting the rescue situation, and the community grid members also reported the flooding situation in the community at any time in the WeChat group. Chen Xin's family lives on the 20th floor, and both parents are high school teachers, and it is now during the summer vacation. Chen Xin constantly told her parents: "Don't go out without special circumstances, close the doors and windows." ”

Taking advantage of the time when the rain stopped, Chen Xin's parents went downstairs to buy some rice and flour grain and oil, bought back three days of vegetables, there were not many people in the supermarket, but when they went out, they all carried large bags of supplies home. At 2 p.m. on the 21st, Chen Xin contacted her parents again, "Now that the rain has stopped, the electricity has come, and the flooded places are also actively rescuing, I believe that the flood situation will soon pass, and the sky will always be sunny." (Zhang Simin, trainee reporter of Yangtze River Daily)

【Editor: Lina Yu】