An outpouring of goodwill

In response to the disaster, the Ministry of Emergency Management enacted a cross-regional reinforcement plan for fire rescue teams, dispatching 1,800 professional fire rescue and water rescue teams from Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong and Hubei provinces overnight to aid with the flood prevention and disaster relief work.

As of Thursday, the Central Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army had sent 8,360 troops to flood-hit areas in Henan. The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee has allocated 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) to the province for flood control and disaster relief.