The next day before dawn, as the sky began to lighten, the strong typhoon finally passed, and the raging, surging waves quietly receded. People rushed to the seawall to check, and indeed, a miracle had occurred: the second dike held!
Instantly, everyone on the seawall hugged each other in jubilation.
Secretary Ye let out a sigh of relief but couldn't be as happy as the cadres and people of San Zao Port on the dike.
Though the typhoon had passed, the rain kept pouring down, and the sea tide was still "joining in the excitement," causing the water level of the Yangtze River to rise instead of fall!
He convened a meeting with the cadres of San Zao Port, demanding they urgently reinforce the seawall, then he returned to the city to deploy flood control work in Linghai, and rushed to Bailong Port to board the Yangtze Police 110 boat to inspect the Yangtze River levee.
