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Heavy Rainfall Causes Flooding Across Multiple Locations in Northeast China; PLA and People's Armed Police Officers and Soldiers, Militia Rapidly Launch Relief Operations

东北多地因强降雨引发内涝，解放军和武警部队官兵、民兵迅速展开救援

PLA Daily (解放军报) 14 July 2026

Summary

Following Typhoon Bawi on July 13, the Shenyang Garrison, People's Armed Police Shenyang Detachment, Shenhe District People's Armed Forces Department, Tonghua Military Sub-district, and People's Armed Police Fushun Detachment mobilized forces across Liaoning and Jilin provinces to conduct flood relief operations along the Hunhe, Xinkai, Puhe, Haixin, and Huifa rivers, including embankment reinforcement at Yanhaiyingzi with over one hundred PAP personnel. This is standard disaster relief coverage; its value is as a baseline record of which garrison and PAP elements hold primary response responsibility in Shenyang and the broader Liaoning-Jilin corridor, and how militia forces are integrated under local People's Armed Forces Departments for civilian evacuation tasks.

Translation

Heavy Rainfall Causes Flooding Across Multiple Locations in Northeast China; PLA and People's Armed Police Officers and Soldiers, Militia Rapidly Launch Relief Operations

On July 13, the Shenhe District People's Armed Forces Department of Shenyang City mobilized militia to evacuate residents. Photo by Hu Qibai.

PLA Daily, Shenyang, July 13 — Affected by Typhoon Bawi, the 9th typhoon of this year, multiple locations in Liaoning and Jilin provinces have experienced heavy rainfall, triggering flood disasters. PLA and People's Armed Police officers and soldiers and militia moved upon orders, rushing to the front lines to conduct emergency rescue and disaster relief operations.

In Shenyang, Liaoning, water levels in the Hunhe River, Xinkai River, and other rivers surged sharply, intensifying the risk of urban flooding and riverbank overflow. The Shenyang Garrison and the People's Armed Police Shenyang Detachment activated emergency response plans, organizing officers and soldiers and militia to proceed to affected areas to carry out rescue operations. A senior citizens' apartment complex in Shenhe District suffered severe waterlogging; the Shenhe District People's Armed Forces Department assembled militia, deployed vehicles and rubber boats, and assisted in evacuating trapped residents. On the afternoon of the 13th, an emergency situation arose at the Yanhaiyingzi section of the Puhe River embankment. More than one hundred officers and soldiers of the People's Armed Police Shenyang Detachment rapidly proceeded to the front line to carry out embankment reinforcement tasks.

Affected by the heavy rainfall, water levels in the Haixin River basin in Fushun, Liaoning, and along the Huifa River in Hailong Town, Meihekou, Jilin, rose rapidly, threatening the lives and property of surrounding residents. The Tonghua Military Sub-district and the People's Armed Police Fushun Detachment dispatched forces to reinforce embankments and conduct levee inspection and hazard clearance.

As of press time, officers and soldiers and militia of the assigned units continued to fight on the front lines of emergency rescue and relief operations, conducting in an orderly manner patrols and watch duties in key areas, personnel evacuation and resettlement, and inspection and handling of emergency situations.

(Compiled from reports submitted by Song Jizhou, Wen Chao, correspondents Du Juan and Li Qingtong, and special correspondents Chen Yu and Rong Junyun, among others.)

Original Chinese

东北多地因强降雨引发内涝解放军和武警部队官兵、民兵迅速展开救援 7月13日，沈阳市沈河区人武部出动民兵转移群众。胡淇柏摄解放军报沈阳7月13日电受今年第9号台风“巴威”影响，辽宁、吉林多地遭遇强降雨，引发洪涝灾害。解放军和武警部队官兵、民兵闻令而动，奔赴一线抢险救灾。辽宁沈阳市浑河、新开河等河流水位暴涨，城区内涝、河道漫溢风险加剧。沈阳警备区、武警沈阳支队启动应急预案，组织官兵、民兵赶赴受灾区域展开救援。沈河区一处老年公寓积水严重，沈河区人武部集结民兵，出动车辆、橡皮艇，帮助转移被困群众。13日下午，蒲河晏海营子段堤坝出现险情。武警沈阳支队百余名官兵迅速赶赴一线，执行堤坝加固任务。受强降雨影响，辽宁抚顺市海新河流域、吉林梅河口市海龙镇辉发河沿线水位快速上涨，威胁周边群众生命财产安全。通化军分区、武警抚顺支队派出力量，加固堤坝、巡堤排险。截至发稿时，任务部队官兵、民兵持续奋战在抢险救援一线，有序展开重点区域巡逻值守、人员转移安置、险情排查处置等工作。（综合宋济舟、温超，记者杜娟、李庆桐，特约记者陈宇、荣俊运等来稿）