介绍

July 20^th, 2021, marked a dark history for Zhengzhou City, east-central of China’s Henan Province, where a catastrophic flood event occurred. It was triggered by prolonged and extremely heavy rainfall, from July 17^th to 23^rd, that caused the Ying River, the largest river in the province, to overflow and lead to massive floods and rainstorm disasters. As of 12:00 on August 2^nd, the officials reported that extensive damages and losses affected a total of 150 countries (both cities and districts), 1663 townships and towns and 14.5316 million people. The province organized emergency shelters for 933,800 people, with the highest peak of 1,470,800 people for resettlement: 30,616 households and 89,001 collapsed houses. The aftermath of the flood had affected crops about 10.91 million km² (16.356 million mu), the disaster area is 5.82 million km² (8.723 million mu), the dead harvest area is 2.53 million km² (3.802 million mu), and the direct economic loss is 17,629 billion USD (114.269 billion yuan). This extreme flood event has killed at least 302 people, and 50 went missing.

Floods scenario and rescuing survivors in Henan province (Photo from: Cover News)

U-INSPIRE Huaxia has responded by convening 51 volunteers among college students to spread any possible support and reflection through the Internet. This effort was done from August 1^st until 15^th, 2021. It was divided into three teams: Review Team, Science Popularization Team, and Follow-up Team.

In the Review Team, fifteen volunteers helped collect information about Henan floods from mainstream media, write essays, and share the article through social media platforms such as ‘Zhihu’ and ‘Wechat’. The articles highlighted the causes and impacts of Henan floods, the utilization of technology in disaster management and the response of rescue teams and societies’ roles, including the government and corporate organizations.

For Science Popularization Team, the volunteers were in charge of research related to floods and rainstorms, including prompt factors of disasters, disaster escaping skills, basic medical knowledge, and others. This team then compiled the information and summarized it into few articles before publishing it to create more awareness in society.

The Follow-up Team volunteered to investigate multiple information related to the flood and rainstorm and the affected areas through ‘Wechat’ posts, with as frequent as one post every two days, which brings the total of 7 posts.

Articles published by U-INSPIRE Huaxia, based on the joined effort by Review, Science Popularization and Follow-up Teams.

On-Line Meeting with Youth & Young Professionals of U-INSPIRE Huaxia:

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