7.28 Tangshan earthquake killed more than 242,000 people and seriously injured 1.64 million people. More than 7,200 families were killed in the earthquake (these two figures are the cumulative casualties in Tangshan, Tianjin and Beijing, which were announced at the inaugural meeting of seismological society of china held here from July 7 to 22,165438+1October 65438+. )
The Tangshan earthquake caused tens of thousands of families to disintegrate, and 4204 people became orphans; 97% of ground buildings and 55% of production equipment were destroyed; Traffic, water supply, power supply and communication are all interrupted; Within 23 seconds, the direct economic loss was RMB 654.38+000 billion; An industrial city with a population of one million was razed to the ground.
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After the earthquake, Chairman Mao, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council immediately sent messages of condolence to the disaster area, and sent a central condolence group headed by Premier Hua Guofeng, with Chen Yonggui, Ulanhu, Fan,,,, Zhang Zongxun,,,,, program, Liu Zihou and Ma Hui as deputy heads, to go deep into the disaster area to express their condolences.
After the Tangshan earthquake,1100,000 PLA officers and men rushed to the disaster area for rescue; 50,000 medical personnel, cadres and the masses all over the country are urgently concentrated to heal the wounded and rescue the dying and deliver relief materials; The critically wounded were evacuated by special plane and special train and transferred to 1 1 provinces and cities for treatment.
The strong earthquake caused traffic interruption, communication paralysis, water and power cuts in the whole city, and emergency repair of lifeline projects such as communication, water supply, power supply and traffic recovery is one of the most urgent tasks of Tangshan disaster relief. According to this, the central government quickly arranged counterpart support tasks for various professional systems.
Tangshan earthquake is in midsummer, with hot weather, continuous rain and severe epidemic situation. The epidemic prevention work in Tangshan has taken comprehensive measures such as surprise treatment, controlling the source of infection, improving the environment, eliminating the source of infection, vaccinating, and greatly improving the resistance of personnel. The methods of combining military and civilian, combining special groups and combining inside and outside have eliminated the epidemic before it happened, creating a miracle of no epidemic after the disaster.
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