National Defense General： Responsible persons at all levels should direct the front line to organize disaster prevention and rescue and relief.

　　Recently, the south of our country has been hit by heavy rainfall, and many rivers have been flooded by over-alarm and over-insurance, and many places have experienced flash floods and geological disasters. According to the forecast of the meteorological department, from May 29th to 30th, there will be heavy rains in the south, northeast and Xinjiang, heavy rains in some areas, and strong convective weather such as thunderstorms or hail in the local area.

　　The relevant person in charge of the National Defense General and Emergency Management Department hosted a video conference on flood control today (29th) to redeploy the flood control work in key areas. It is required to do a good job in flood control, flood preparedness and emergency response. Responsible persons at all levels should take command from the front and organize disaster prevention and rescue and disaster relief from the front line. It is necessary to further strengthen the consultation, judgment and early warning release, organize inter-departmental joint rolling consultation, accurately judge the flood control situation, strengthen the connection between high-level early warning and emergency response, timely release the early warning of geological disasters such as rainstorm, flood and mountain torrents, and implement the early warning "calling" mechanism. It is necessary to further strengthen the prevention and response measures, highlight the prevention of geological disasters such as mountain torrents, the safety of flood control projects, the flood control safety of cities and key areas, and the response to severe convective weather, and implement various defense measures such as personnel transfer and avoidance, 24-hour flood control inspections, and investigation of hidden dangers in cities, preset rescue teams, find signs of danger in time, and quickly organize rescue and disposal to ensure the early and small danger and ensure the safety of people’s lives. It is necessary to do a solid job in resettlement and assistance for the affected people, grasp the disaster situation at the first time and report it in time, increase the investment in disaster relief funds and materials, make overall plans for the prevention and control of the epidemic situation in COVID-19 in the disaster area and post-disaster epidemic prevention, properly arrange the basic livelihood of the affected people, and pass on the care and warmth of the party to the affected people.

　　Today, the National Defense General continued to maintain the flood control level IV emergency response, and the working group and expert group continued to assist and guide the local authorities in the prevention and response of heavy rainfall in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.

　　(CCTV reporter Guorong Tang)