Dark Night
After the reports were evaluated and processed, in addition to informing the whole country and the world of what had happened, the various departments of the country began to deal with it as quickly as possible, striving to minimize the harm.
However, in front of such a huge disaster, the once powerful and bloated national operating machine became so insignificant. It was in short supply everywhere; especially on the biggest festival in the country, many departments were on holiday. During this period, many people couldn't arrive at their posts on time due to various reasons and wanted to recall them back to their posts. This was not an easy task at all.
In the 30 minutes after the dam broke, the head of the front peak had already left the dam for more than 60 kilometers. The one-kilometer-long head was still 80 to 90 meters high. Various debris floated on the water surface and rushed down the slope at an extremely fast speed, smashing into everything below. They were then covered by the debris that followed closely behind. A mixture of mudflows rolled between the bottom of the water and the head of the water. The debris at the bottom was wrapped by the powerful water. Every few kilometers, it would float up again and begin the next wave of attacks, repeating itself.
The extremely fast water current washed away the stones the size of a room. All kinds of debris, big and small, were like a huge millstone grinding everything on the ground. No matter what obstacles they were, they were quickly ground into gravel, sand, or even mud, leaving the hardest solid to continue flowing down with the water current, destroying everything they passed with unstoppable power.
At this moment, after half an hour, the water head had passed through the north and south banks of the river, which were ten to thirty kilometers wide, and was rapidly spreading to the two banks. As the terrain here was basically in the mountainous and hilly areas, the momentum of the super flood formed by the dam breach was basically not reduced. However, it would not take long for it to reach the plains, and the harm would be even greater.
Time passed slowly. Various reports and data were input into the supercomputer to simulate. At the same time, the results of the simulation were continuously broadcasted to the entire country and the world.
The vehicle that Ruan Linlin and the white figure were in first shook from the high-speed impact airflow, then was directly illuminated by the high-temperature suspended fireball, and even experienced the pouring of scalding hot water. However, in front of the specially trained and carefully selected driver, the custom-made vehicle continued to drive steadily north until a huge hail fell from the sky and hit the roof. In a few minutes, it covered the road with a thick layer. This forced the car to stop. The two men and one woman in the car had long been shocked and numb because in the simulation version of their organization, they had never calculated that such weather would produce such a terrifying effect. However, all this shock could not hide the excitement on their faces.
The three people in the car looked at each other. The excitement in their hearts was indescribable. The man in white looked at Ruan Linlin quietly. He kissed her gently first, then rolled around together as if there was no one else around. Soon, the driver joined in the action...
Outside the car, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Hail fell from time to time. The extremely heavy rain blurred the world outside the car window...
At this moment, Yuan Huawei and the others, who were more than ten kilometers downstream of the dam, had survived a round of intense hail and hot rain. Less than half of them survived, and the hot rain in the sky slowly turned cold. In the end, it became cold and everyone shivered. Fortunately, they survived this round of extreme weather. At least half of their lives were temporarily saved.
In the pitch-black rain, all the survivors were waiting silently, waiting for the dark and terrifying monster to devour their lives, or waiting for the dawn to come as soon as possible.
Time continued to flow, as unstoppable as a torrential flood.
An hour after the dam burst (01:16:57 Jeongju time), the television reported the disaster for the hour: The head of Xianfeng had already entered the plains of Nanjiang Valley. The three kilometers of head contours were nearly fifty to sixty meters high (there were a few wavy walls in front of the water flow). The speed of the water flow at the front peak was about eighty kilometers per hour. The widest part of the water surface was nearly a hundred kilometers. Although the head of the water spreading in all directions was much lower, compared to the flat ground, it was still a few meters to dozens of meters high. The main force of the head vanguard had already traveled more than a hundred kilometers along Nanjiang River, and its destructive power was still unstoppable.
Weather: Due to the fact that the core area had been in the intersection of cold and warm air flow for the past few days, the core area of the big explosion was affected by the explosion this time. The weather disturbance was unusually intense. The shock wave and shock wave generated by the explosion moved along the nearby high and low hills in a wave-like motion. The cumulonimbus cloud layer covering the surface also moved up and down. As a result, the rapidly rising clouds produced an unpredictable rapid shear. It caused the weather to change even more violently than in midsummer. Rainstorms, hailstones, strong winds, lightning, and thunder. Some of the mountainous areas even experienced the largest extreme storm in the history of the weather, causing unprecedented natural geological disasters. There were countless mountain torrents, mudflows, and landslides in the core area, causing houses, trees, and farmland to be destroyed. All of these repeatedly appeared in a short hour. This extreme and sudden destructive power seriously affected the lives of the local people.
The catastrophic rainfall in the core area had reached an average of 800 millimeters, forming a huge flash flood in a short period of time, causing mudflows and landslides. It had also completely cut off all means of transportation to the outside world. Now, the safety zone originally defined by the core area was already an 'isolated island' that was not contaminated by the poisonous liquid.
After the extreme weather changes, it was estimated that at least three million people in the region had died (including Chang Sheng City, which had been completely washed away). The rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of Nanjiang was increasing. The heavy rain and rainstorm affected a large area. The total amount of rainfall in the core disaster area within 100 kilometers had reached 12 billion cubic meters, of which more than 6.5 billion cubic meters in the core area within 60 kilometers. The rainfall was still continuing in different situations.
"Evacuation: Due to the weather and widespread blackouts, all communication networks that can be used on the ground in the core area of the disaster have been completely lost. It is basically a dead zone for communication (including network and information, but not including direct services provided by space-based satellites). At this stage, the possibility of any actual rescue is not high. Other than self-rescue, we have no way to command the evacuation on the spot.
Due to the high population density and the strong weather, the traffic capacity of the various roads along the river valleys that were about 200 kilometers downstream of the South River's dam was almost at its worst. Most of the roads were seriously congested. Due to the tight time and the large number of people and vehicles, everyone wanted to quickly move to a safe place. In the face of the crisis of life and survival, many people showed their selfish side. This caused the entire evacuation scene to be extremely chaotic. The military and the ruling department often clashed with individuals and temporary groups for various reasons, inevitably causing intense man-made conflicts, making the evacuation process very difficult.
In the face of the disaster, some people and groups who really couldn't leave began to go to extremes. They stopped others from leaving when they couldn't, deliberately set up roadblocks, and destroyed roads. The army that maintained the evacuation had already destroyed nearly a thousand such extremely selfish groups and controlled tens of thousands of restless people.
As the flood came later, the situation was slightly better and the evacuation work was smoother. The areas below the West Lake had begun to move into a relatively stable evacuation order under the general control of the ruling department and the army. Some ruling agencies, individuals, and groups had begun to dismantle high-value machines and equipment as much as possible. The evacuation below the East Lake was more orderly than the upstream areas. The ruling agencies and the army had already started to evacuate. The enterprises and institutions had already actively organized their personnel to take away any machinery and equipment that could be shipped or disassembled when they evacuated, so as to minimize the losses as much as possible.
In terms of disasters, because Chang Sheng City was the closest to the dam, there was very little time to react when the disaster occurred. It could also be said that there was no time to react. Coupled with the weather, the disaster was the most serious. The survival rate of the urban population was less than 100%.(At this moment, the broadcast stopped for three seconds and simulated the disaster scene in this city again.)
Every hour after the dam breach, important events and data will be broadcasted.
As of 01:16:57, Zhenguo time, the statistics department of the ruling agency has confirmed that a total of 1,479,203 people have died, nearly three million people have been disabled due to direct or indirect reasons, and more than 130 million people have lost contact. According to the security verification of Tiandi Network's data control center, there were more than 70 million basic clients that did not reply. In addition to the areas that had been simulated to be flooded, it was estimated that nine million people might have died, and it was the most conservative number. According to the data center of the Heaven and Earth Network, more than four million basic client signals had disappeared.
At this moment, the scene of the " Spring Festival Gala " was quiet. The people of Zhen Country in front of the TV were also quiet. Perhaps the people of the world were also quiet, but the news media of the world had already exploded. Perhaps it was at the moment when the big explosion happened.
After each disaster report, a new broadcast began on the television screen:
Those who received the security confirmation message from the Heaven and Earth Network Data Center, please reply to the security confirmation as soon as possible. The Heaven and Earth Network Data Center will conduct a new round of statistics.
In addition, for the first time, the data center would use GPS to provide navigation guidance for the evacuation of dangerous areas in the disaster area. It would also broadcast important announcements at all times. From this moment on, all messages to the disaster area would be sent and received free of charge. The ground network caused by the blackout had triggered the automatic operation of the Heaven and Earth network system. The communication function of the Heaven and Earth network could be used to send and receive short messages.
At this moment, Yuan Huawei was holding the little girl he had saved from his neighbor's house. Suddenly, he felt his arms move.
Could it be that his phone had a signal? He excitedly placed the child on the safe ground beside him. He and his mother were trembling as they covered each other with a blanket that was already heavy and flowing like a pillar. They surrounded the child between the two of them.
He pressed his phone with one hand and saw that there was still no signal. At this moment, his phone vibrated again. He pulled down the message bar. There were four messages from the Heaven and Earth Network Data Center, all of which were security information verification waiting for him to confirm. He immediately replied with a "confirm security" and wrote a new message: There are more than 80 people trapped on the top of the mountain. Many have died and more than 10 have been injured. They lack clothes and food. They are in urgent need of help. Please come and rescue them. (The most basic version of the Heaven and Earth Communication could only write 35 characters.)
Three seconds later, he received a reply." The road is blocked. Rescue cannot arrive. Please wait and save yourself. Do not approach the river. It is poisonous!" please understand
After that, he received a few more notifications saying " Back to the Spring Festival Gala ". Only then did he understand the seriousness of the matter.
He slowly calmed down. Through the thick rain column, he quietly looked at the river that had long been invisible, even though the river was only a dozen meters away from him.
The night was even darker, and the rain was also extremely dark. He quietly looked at Nanjiang, the night, and everything…
As the rain continued to fall, the power failure area continued to expand. Finally, as the inundation area expanded, one-third of the area in Quanzhen Country had been cut off due to the interruption of the cross-regional transmission lines. 60% of the population lived in darkness. All the people in Quanzhen Country who knew the current situation would not complain about the power failure. They were silently enduring all this, enduring this endless darkness.
As the " Return to the Spring Festival Gala " was broadcasted, the night quietly came to an end. However, the sky in some areas was still very dark, so dark that it made people feel incomparable fear and endless anger.
Five hours after the big explosion: 05:16:57 Zhenguo time," The water head has entered the West Lake. The largest water head drop in the lake area is about 30 meters. It is rapidly raising the water level of the West Lake. Due to the fact that other parts of the reservoir that were contaminated by the poison have released the poisoned water at the same time, a huge amount of water has formed. The surface area of the lake has quickly exceeded the largest recorded area, and this area is still expanding.
Due to the diversion of Xitou Lake, the head drop of Nanjiang's front peak was decreasing. However, the head drop in some places was still 30 to 40 meters…
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Six hours after the big explosion: 06:16:57 Zhenguo time, Xianfeng's water head is 14.8 meters. As it passed through Dongtou Lake and the river plain before, the water head will drop further, and the speed will drop to about 50 kilometers per hour. The water body of the Jiasai reservoir has been discharged 17 billion cubic meters, and the remaining is about 20 billion cubic meters.(Although the maximum capacity was 30 billion cubic meters, the heavy rainfall continued to flow in on a large scale, adding nearly 10 billion cubic meters of water into the flooded area.)
Due to the large-scale and high-intensity rainfall in the core area, the scale of the mountain torrents and mudflows was extremely large, and the destructive power was extremely strong. The total drop of the 600-kilometer-long reservoir was still 30 to 40 meters, and the total flow rate of the reservoir in the dam area had dropped to less than 70 kilometers per hour. It was estimated that the water level in most areas of the middle reaches of Nanjiang would slowly start to drop in a day. Within three days, 90% of the land would be exposed to the sun again. About 10% of the land would completely return to its original position in the next three to ten days.
Weather: Apart from some areas in the core area that would experience heavy rain for a short period of time, the rest of the rain had already moved eastward and became lighter. The rain belt with an average of 1,600 millimeters of rain in the core area continued to move eastward. Although the intensity of the rain had decreased overall, the area of the rainstorm belt would continue to expand. It was estimated that 40 billion cubic meters of water would directly enter the flooded area in the middle and lower reaches of Nanjiang and its vicinity in the next 24 hours. The eastward shift of the rain belt was very detrimental to the work of the government organizations.
" Evacuation data: According to the data from the Tiandi Network Data Center, 74.82% of the people in the lower reaches of Nanjiang River have been evacuated safely. Other than not receiving the evacuation information, there are still some people who are unwilling to leave or think that they have reached a safe zone. There are even some who deliberately avoid the evacuation organized by the governing body. There are also some people who are coerced and cannot leave. The governing body is carrying out the final search and rescue before the flood arrives. They are doing their best to ensure that all people are safely evacuated from the danger zone.
[Casualties: According to the data from the Heaven and Earth Network Data Center, 1.47 million basic Mobile device with signal in Quanzhen Country have lost contact, and 4.75 million basic mobile devices have lost signal.] According to the statistics and predictions of various departments and confirmed information, it was confirmed that 8.31 million people had died, 14.2 million people had lost contact, and 79 million people had basically been confirmed to have evacuated to the safety zone. About 20 million people were moving to the safety zone, of which 91% were in the Nanjiang River basin and about 9% were in other regions of Quanzhen Country.
Slowly, on this ancient continent, the east began to brighten. Occasionally, a tiny ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone on the sea-like water surface.
Night was finally about to pass.
That night, the people of Quanzhen Country waited silently in front of their televisions, or in front of the world's network data on their mobile phones, or running all the way to find a safe place.
They spent the night celebrating the new spring festival that they would never forget. This new spring festival that would be remembered, this new spring festival that was not the new spring festival.
This day and night, this dark night, the vast majority of people spent it in sleepless grief.
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