CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, July 27, 2021 | 3 TOP NEWS Inspections People hit by flood find to target many sources of help high energy By YANG ZEKUN in Xinxiang, Henan projects [email protected] Liu Meilan and her husband have I feel that we are all By HOU LIQIANG been living in a classroom for almost a family, as those [email protected] a week after leaving their home in Xinxiang, Henan province, due to volunteers and The central environmental heavy downpours. generous donors have inspection office will step up However, they are satisfied with measures to curb the introduc- their temporary accommodations. lent a hand to my tion of projects with high ener- “The conditions in the school are hometown in times gy consumption and emissions, good enough for now, and I will go an environmental official said home to clean up once the floodwa- of crisis. This sort on Monday. ters subside,” Liu said. of unity is also an The more stringent controls From July 17 to Saturday, a total of are part of China’s efforts to reach 132 townships in Xinxiang were hit important reason why its climate targets and further by rainstorms and floods, affecting our country is getting improve air quality. China is aim- more than 2 million people, accord- ing for peak carbon dioxide emis- ing to the Xinxiang office of the pro- richer and stronger.” sions before 2030 and to achieve Volunteers serve dumplings to construction workers who were relocated to a middle school in Huzhou, vincial flood control and drought Wu Jun, a primary school teacher carbon neutrality before 2060. Zhejiang province, on Sunday, after Typhoon In-Fa made landfall at the coastal city of Zhoushan. relief headquarters. in Xinxiang’s Hongqi district “President Xi Jinping has WANG ZHENG / FOR CHINA DAILY Liu, 66, from Hongqi district, was stressed on multiple occasions one of the residents that were evac- that we should promote coordi- uated. Her home is on the ground nated progress in pollution floor of a two-story building in a reduction and carbon emission low-lying area susceptible to flood- cuts as a main focus of the Typhoon weakens after ing. On July 20, when the heavy country’s efforts for overall downpour hit Xinxiang, water Zhengzhou green transformation of eco- entered the house and rose rapidly. Xinxiang nomic and social development,” “We moved furniture and applian- Henan Xu Bijiu, executive deputy ces onto the bed, but it was all in vain. director of the central environ- 2nd landfall in Zhejiang The water quickly rose to my stomach mental inspection office, said at and continued to rise. Then my hus- a news conference. band and I realized something was CHINA DAILY Local governments’ implemen- Traffic starts to resume in province, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International wrong. We put our hands against the tation of the country’s climate Airport, marking the airport’s wall for stability and slowly walked “A steady flow of donated sup- goals will be taken into considera- Shanghai after warnings downgraded resumption of operations. out of the house,” she said. plies started arriving and we still tion during the inspections, The airport was scheduled to That night, the couple moved have people asking us if we need according to the president. By MA Zhenhuan in Hangzhou Wednesday and moving on to the handle 410 flights on Monday, into a primary school in the district, more donations,” Wu said. “We and ZHOU WENTING in Shanghai Yellow Sea between China and the according to the airport authority. which they share with more than 50 also have volunteers who heard Korean Peninsula on Friday. As the storm weakened, most people, including nine children and about the donations who came Typhoon In-Fa, after making The storm system has brought flights in and out of Shanghai’s rescue teams from other cities. quickly to the school to help landfall in Zhoushan, Zhejiang heavy rainfall that affected millions Hongqiao International Airport Groups of about eight to 10 people unload them.” To strictly province, on Sunday and swirling of people in East China, forcing and Pu dong International Air- occupy each classroom and hot Many of the volunteers are in their curb through Hangzhou Bay, made an major cities in the region, including port resumed at noon on Monday. water is available in the restrooms. 20s and nobody has complained unprecedented second landfall in Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang, The airports had been closed Hundreds of volunteers go to the about the difficult conditions. Wu projects the province at around 9:50 am on and Shanghai, to cancel flights, throughout Sunday, a rare school every day to deliver donated said he is proud to work with the with high energy Monday in Pinghu. By then its maxi- reduce the speed of or suspend sub- typhoon measure in Shanghai. supplies. Medicine, food and water other volunteers. mum wind speed had diminished to way trains, and close expressways On Monday afternoon, Shang- bottles are piled up in the school play- “I feel that we are all a family, as consumption and around 100 kilometers per hour. starting on Sunday. hai’s meteorological authority ground. The school is no longer those volunteers and generous emissions was not After making In Yuyao county of Ningbo, downgraded the warnings for accepting donations, so they are deliv- donors have lent a hand to my only the key task in Inside landfall, In-Fa was strong winds uprooted trees and both typhoon and rainstorm to ered to other places that need supplies. hometown in times of crisis. This downgraded to a downpours drenched communi- the lowest level as the strength of Wu Jun, 42, a teacher at the sort of unity is also an important the past round of Comment, tropical storm. It ties with knee-deep water earlier In-Fa weakened after its second school, has been working as a volun- reason why our country is getting inspections, but will page 9 was expected to on Monday. From 8 am on Thurs- landfall in Zhejiang. teer at the temporary shelter since richer and stronger,” he said. move farther day to 5 pm on Monday, a monitor- Most sections of Shanghai’s sub- Wednesday. His wife and son have Most urban areas of Xinxiang be in all future northwest and inland at 5 to 10 ing station in Yuyao had received way line running above ground stayed at the family home to clean have been largely restored to nor- inspections.” km/h, with its strength gradually accumulated rainfall of 1,003 milli- and on elevated tracks, as well as up the mess left by the floodwaters. mal, but a large swath of Weihui, a weakening. meters — a record for Zhejiang. the maglev train to Pudong airport, Due to the severity of the flooding, county-level city in northeastern Xu Bijiu, executive deputy This marked the first time that “We worked around the clock resumed service on Monday after- the school has accepted anyone ask- Xinxiang, is still affected by the director of the central envi- one typhoon had made landfall from midnight, when a breach noon following a 24-hour suspen- ing for help. At the beginning, Wu and flood. The water level is gradually ronmental inspection office twice in Zhejiang, according to the occurred at a dam between two sion. For safety reasons, services other volunteers were worried they declining, the Weihui city govern- Zhejiang Meteorological Station. It villages, with the breach widening continued to be suspended for could not properly feed and look after ment said on Monday. Curbing projects with high is also the strongest July typhoon to 1 meter, but, fortunately, we some subway lines running above people due to limited supplies and Rescue workers are relocating energy consumption and emis- ever in Zhejiang, which has long filled it with sandbags by 6 am,” ground in coastal areas. facilities. However, the large number affected people to resettlement sites, sions would also help in the opti- been hit by typhoons in summer. said Zhao Jinjiang, a police officer Heavy rain continued on Mon- of donations eased their concerns. and relief aid is being delivered. mization of the country’s According to the China Meteor- in Hemudu township. day, but Shanghai police said that industrial structure and energy ological Administration, a weak- As the storm system weakened, any traffic congestion during the mix and further improve air quali- ening In-Fa continued swirling provincial authorities allowed morning rush did not last long. ty. “This is a very important issue,” northwest, entering Jiangsu prov- traffic flow to resume. Wing Loong drones used in Xu said. “It’s also an urgent issue ince on Monday night, and it was At 9:35 am, a flight from Guang- Contact the writers at with wide-ranging concerns.” expected to move northeast on zhou, Guangdong province landed at [email protected] The central environmental disaster relief, weather study inspection teams were estab- lished in 2016 after a one-year By ZHAO LEI Gansu province. It is the world’s first pilot program and are usually Street art [email protected] large drone dedicated to weather led by retired ministry-level offi- Tourists pose in front of a control,” he said. “It has world-class cials. The inspectors report to a wall with graffiti in Dayao, China’s Wing Loong series of weather modification technology. It central leading group headed by a village in Hohhot, Inner unmanned aircraft have long can remain airborne for up to 14 Vice-Premier Han Zheng. Mongolia autonomous been known for their strong com- hours and has a flight capacity of Some industries still had a “very region, on Sunday.