Street in Zhuozhou cleared of floodwaters

Tengfei Street in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, was cleared of floodwaters on Thursday after being inundated with deep water last week. Vehicles are now able to pass through the street normally, the local government said.

Three million cubic meters of water had been drained.

Meanwhile, local government personnel have carried out sludge cleaning and sweeping to return cleanliness. All major roads and streets in the city have resumed normal traffoc operations.

With the roads going back to normal, some residents who had been evacuated are gradually going back home.

The city moved more than 140,000 residents during the disaster. More than 470,000 people were affected by the flood, out of a total population of 700,000.

In Wanghaizhuang village in Diaowo town, main roads have been cleaned up and residents carried disinfectant to their homes on Wednesday, according to a report by chinanews.com.

To make the recovery more convenient for residents, the village has organized more than 100 volunteers to do the work of cleaning and disinfecting since Tuesday, the report said.

Of the city's 402 villages, 211 were flooded to some degree. All of the floodwater has now receded, according to the authorities.

More than 37 million square meters have been disinfected so far, accounting for 90.5 percent of the total area that needs disinfecting, it added.

Most of the cities' residential communities and villages now have access to electricity, and about 55 percent of them have culinary water now. Base stations for communications will all resume normal operations by Tuesday, the authorities said.

[Video by Yang Shaobo/For chinadaily.com.cn]