How technology helps fight against floods in east ChinaPHOTO / CHINAHow technology helps fight against floods in east ChinaBy XinhuaPublished: J...
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How technology helps fight against floods in east China
By Xinhua
Published: Jun 17, 2022 08:30 AM
Photo taken with a mobile phone on June 14, 2022 shows rescuers evacuating stranded people in flood water in Ruijin City, east China's Jiangxi Province.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken with a mobile phone on June 14, 2022 shows rescuers evacuating stranded people in flood water in Ruijin City, east China's Jiangxi Province.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken with a mobile phone on June 13, 2022 shows rescuers evacuating stranded people in flood water in Quannan County, east China's Jiangxi Province.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken with a mobile phone on June 13, 2022 shows rescuers evacuating stranded people in flood water in Quannan County, east China's Jiangxi Province.(Photo: Xinhua)
In Ganxian District, east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities have dispatched a special task force -- fleets of drones -- to join the flood relief operations.
After discovering landslides and blocked roads, the drones sent the information back to the control center. Based on the information, staff of Wangmudu Township found some houses in Taojiang Village inundated by floods and immediately evacuated over 200 local residents.
Twelve such drone fleets have been dispatched to spot potential risks and collect information on rain conditions and rain-induced disasters to provide references for flood control decisions, said Zhong Yicheng, an official with the district's emergency management bureau.
Capable of a much more efficient patrol, the fleets have so far inspected 53 reservoirs, 43 hydropower stations, and 60 major mountainous ponds, he added.
A raft of new technological applications is helping Jiangxi with flood control as lingering downpours have battered various parts of the province for weeks.
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