More than 650,000 people were affected by floods in Hebei, and 2 people died. The national level IV emergency response for disaster relief started.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the news of "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Emergency Management Department" on WeChat WeChat official account, at 13: 00 on August 2, the National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Emergency Management Department launched a national level IV emergency response to the severe flood disaster in Hebei Province since late July, and sent a working group to the disaster area to guide and help the disaster area to do a good job in ensuring the basic livelihood of the affected people.

　　Since the end of July, Handan and Xingtai in Hebei Province have suffered from severe floods due to the weather process of extremely heavy rainfall, the wind and rain caused by Typhoon No.6 "Fireworks" and the superposition of recent upstream water. As of August 2, the disaster has caused 654,000 people in 37 counties (cities, districts) in four cities, including Handan, Xingtai and Shijiazhuang, and two people have died. A total of 103,000 people have been resettled and resettled, and nearly 9,400 people need emergency life assistance. More than 200 houses collapsed and more than 1,500 houses were damaged to varying degrees; The affected area of crops is 36.2 thousand hectares; The direct economic loss was 660 million yuan. Disaster losses are still under further investigation and statistics. The Disaster Reduction Committee of Hebei Province and the Emergency Management Department have started the provincial level III emergency response, allocated 3.17 million yuan of provincial disaster relief funds together with the Finance Department, and allocated provincial disaster relief materials to support the disaster-stricken areas to do a good job in ensuring the basic livelihood of the affected people.