On July 8th, at 22:31 on the 8th, the reporter saw at the scene of the breaching and plugging of the Dongting Lake embankment in Tuanzhou, Huarong County, Hunan Province, that the breaching of the Dongting Lake embankment in Tuanzhou was completed.
On July 7th, it was learned from the scene of Tuanzhou embankment breach plugging in Huarong County, Yueyang, Hunan that after mechanized two-way vertical plugging and uninterrupted operation of ship water throwing, as of 21:00 on July 7th, the embankment plugging was completed at 101.6 meters, and the break was remaining at 124.4 meters. On-site rescue machinery and ship personnel stopped and continued to fight to ensure that the plugging was completed before 12:00 on July 9th.
On July 7th, at 4:00 pm today, the Hunan Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters held a press conference in Huarong County to inform the progress of emergency rescue at the first-line embankment breach of Dongting Lake in Tuanzhou, and to answer questions of media concern. Zhang Yingchun, executive vice governor of Hunan Province, introduced that at 16:00 on July 5th, there was a dangerous situation of piping at the first-line embankment of Dongting Lake in Tuanzhou, Huarong Cou...