Chongqing - In the wake of heavy rainfall leading to floods and geological disasters in Chongqing, a sprawling metropolis in Southwest China, the government and diverse rescue forces initiated swift and decisive responses. Immediate emergency operations were launched to mitigate flood damage and safeguard people's lives and property.
Rescuers in action: aiding flood-trapped residents in Wanzhou district, Chongqing municipality, July 4, 2023. [Photo by Ran Mengjun]
Members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a civilian relief squad in China, assisting a resident trapped by the flood in Wanzhou district, Chongqing, July 4, 2023. [Photo by Feng Tao]
Armed police carrying out rescue operations, evacuating trapped residents from flood-affected Changtan town in Wanzhou district, Chongqing, July 4, 2023. [Photo by Li Dong]
Armed police engaged in cleanup operations, removing mud from the streets in the flood-stricken Wuqiao subdistrict in Wanzhou district, Chongqing, July 5, 2023. [Photo by Ran Mengjun]
Volunteers disinfecting streets in the aftermath of the flood in Wanzhou district, Chongqing, July 5, 2023. [Photo by Ran Mengjun]
Local residents in the flood-impacted Wuqiao subdistrict in Wanzhou district, Chongqing, partaking in cleanup activities to restore normalcy, July 5, 2023. [Photo by Ran Mengjun]
