Emergency workers celebrate the success of the repair of the breach on the bank of the Communism Canal in Xinxiang city, Henan province, on Monday morning. (YUAN JINTAO / FOR CHINA DAILY)

After six days and five nights of urgent work, including the unloading of the last truck of sand and stone, the more-than-100-meter breach on the bank of a canal in Xinxiang city, Henan province, was finally repaired on Monday. The canal was breached by floods triggered by torrential rainfall last week, threatening tens of thousands of people who live nearby. China Daily photographers Wang Jing and Wu Xiaohui report from Xinxiang.

Members of the People's Armed Police Force push a cart in the floodwater to deliver meals to their comrades on Saturday. (WU XIAOHUI / CHINA DAILY)

An officer drips with perspiration while working on Saturday evening. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

Rescuers carry sandbags to fill the breach on the bank of the canal on Saturday evening. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)

A helicopter lifts a container filled with sand and stones to be thrown into the breach on Sunday evening. (WU XIAOHUI / CHINA DAILY)

Rescuers prepare sandbags on the bank. (WU XIAOHUI / CHINA DAILY)

Sand and stones are unloaded from a truck into the breach on Sunday. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)