Repair efforts ensure heating in flood-hit county

After serious flooding in Hebei province's Laishui county in August ruined some heating facilities, measures were put in place to ensure each household could enjoy heating this winter, the local government said.

"The heavy rainfall and flooding caused varying degrees of damage to gas facilities at residents' houses, so we organized professional personnel to repair the facilities," said Wang Xiaoxia, an official with Laishui Zhongran Natural Gas.

Wang is responsible for operations in eight towns in the county, which is part of Baoding. They include Laishui, Shiting and Wangcun, and cover 87 villages that were affected by flooding.